{"id":5742,"date":"2011-01-27T10:12:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T16:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=5742"},"modified":"2011-01-27T10:12:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T16:12:33","slug":"a-helpful-video-showing-what-youre-supposed-to-feed-the-swans-plus-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/uncategorized\/a-helpful-video-showing-what-youre-supposed-to-feed-the-swans-plus-more\/","title":{"rendered":"a helpful video showing what you&#8217;re supposed to feed the swans, plus more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>gee, what a snappy title, too bad i never got a job as a title writer.  just trips off the tongue, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>last thursday night, the moon was hanging over the horizon, huge and orange and beautiful.\u00a0 it&#8217;s always impossible to do it justice; i don&#8217;t know if using a fancy camera would make the picture better, or maybe it&#8217;s just one of those things that you can&#8217;t capture how stunning they are.\u00a0 anyway, this is the best i could do.\u00a0 also, it would have been a little better if i&#8217;d gone outside and taken the picture, but that sure wasn&#8217;t going to happen on a freezing thursday night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5743\" title=\"j75\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/j75.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"593\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this is a good demonstration of how hard it can be to get a good shot.\u00a0 kevin was up here in the house when i went down to feed the swans on tuesday, and he wanted to capture the moment.\u00a0 just as he took the picture, i walked behind the tree.\u00a0 oops.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5744\" title=\"j76\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/j76.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this one is better, but i should have photoshopped the ladder out of the picture.\u00a0 i honestly could spend huge parts of every day retouching photos to put up here.\u00a0 but i won&#8217;t because there are other things i have to do, too.\u00a0 like feeding the swans, for instance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5745\" title=\"j77\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/j77.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"329\" \/><\/p>\n<p>yesterday they were standing around on the ice in the bay.\u00a0 i knew if i walked outside they&#8217;d see me, so i took quickly took this photo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5746\" title=\"j78\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/j78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"342\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;but when i tried to get closer, it was too late, they&#8217;d already seen me, and they were about to splash down and hurry over for their hot meal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5747\" title=\"j79\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/j79.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i took this yesterday when mollie was helping me feed them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"540\" height=\"333\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1B8te737SNc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>today there are huge amounts of geese slowing swimming across the lake past the house.  seven of them stopped by as i was feeding the swans, hoping for a few scrumps of popcorn, but all the swans had to do was make a little movement towards them and they scared the geese away.  maybe they&#8217;re all swimming by now because they&#8217;re hoping for a separate feeding time.  <\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;ll have to buy a jumbo-sized bag of popcorn.<\/p>\n<p>ok then,<br \/>\nmrs. thursday morning hughes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>gee, what a snappy title, too bad i never got a job as a title writer. just trips off the tongue, doesn&#8217;t it? 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