{"id":912,"date":"2013-09-16T15:59:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T22:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=912"},"modified":"2013-09-16T15:59:54","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T22:59:54","slug":"rock-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=912","title":{"rendered":"Rock On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stone4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-913\" alt=\"stone4\" src=\"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stone4-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stone4-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stone4.jpg 581w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>This is a photo of the counter top in progress.\u00a0 The polishing has begun and the stones are shining through.\u00a0 It is just amazing to see this unfold.\u00a0 Our master concrete guru has worked tirelessly on this project.\u00a0 He has also had a hand in just about everything in that house.<\/p>\n<p>When we choose the stones, we really had no plan for them, just imbed them and hope for the best.\u00a0 When it came time to place them in the forms, it became a real mental challenge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stone7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-914\" alt=\"stone7\" src=\"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stone7-300x228.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stone7-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stone7.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We considered color, texture, pattern and all the other vagaries involved.\u00a0 We nixed a few stones and then put them back in; more than once.\u00a0 We ended up with nearly 30 stones in all.\u00a0 We knew less was more, but these were some gorgeous pieces of the Earth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stone2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-916\" alt=\"stone2\" src=\"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stone2-300x243.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stone2-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stone2.jpg 856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, the final sanding and filling is in progress and the entire massive work may go into place tomorrow.\u00a0 Did I mention that the largest of the pieces weighs hundreds of pounds!\u00a0 We are waiting with bated breath for that colossus to be sucessfully put into place.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a photo of the counter top in progress.\u00a0 The polishing has begun and the stones are shining through.\u00a0 It is just amazing to see this unfold.\u00a0 Our master concrete guru has worked tirelessly on this project.\u00a0 He has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=912\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":917,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions\/917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}