{"id":1064,"date":"2013-08-17T21:23:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T01:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2013-08-17T21:29:58","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T01:29:58","slug":"two-herons-at-the-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/?p=1064","title":{"rendered":"Two Herons at the Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday is my late day to work.  I hadn&#8217;t been feeling good, but I wanted to go for a slow walk to try to get back into the groove.  When I got to the lake, I saw not just the great blue heron, but a great white heron, both on the wall.  I decided it would be a good day to substitute a photo shoot for my usual walk.  I went back for my camera.<\/p>\n<p>The great white heron didn&#8217;t tolerate my snapping for long:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Herons1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Herons1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Herons1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Herons1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Herons1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And soon he was so good as to pose by the rainbow in the fountains on a sunny day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Herons2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Herons2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Herons2\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Herons2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Herons2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love the way the wildflowers blooming by the lake change every week.   This is one of my favorites, because it reminds me of a flower we had in Gundersweiler, Germany.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"herons3\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love the bunnies I see every day on my walk.  It&#8217;s getting where they aren&#8217;t scared of me, which feels a little pathetic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"herons4\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons4.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And more flowers and lake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"herons5\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons5.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, it posed by the gazebo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"herons6\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons6.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love the way the great white heron and its reflection shine in the sunshine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"herons7\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons7.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/herons7-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I should mention that the weather was also fabulous.  Bright and sunny, but cool and breezy.  Even though I wasn&#8217;t feeling good, that time at the lake started off a great day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday is my late day to work. I hadn&#8217;t been feeling good, but I wanted to go for a slow walk to try to get back into the groove. When I got to the lake, I saw not just the great blue heron, but a great white heron, both on the wall. 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