{"id":659,"date":"2019-08-22T16:15:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder?p=659"},"modified":"2021-08-02T21:03:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T21:03:57","slug":"summertime-and-the-living-is-easy-or-so-they-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/2019\/08\/22\/summertime-and-the-living-is-easy-or-so-they-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime and the living is easy &#8230; or so they say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfederwp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alps-background-calm-1227520-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alps-background-calm-1227520-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alps-background-calm-1227520-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Summertime always manages to fly by. Perhaps due to the progression of the years, or being super busy, or doing the need to catch up things at home, but before I know it, it&#8217;s another Labor Day weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the bittersweetness of youth, I recall with fondness the feeling of freedom come July, the barbeques, the beach time, and time to spend with family and friends which I might not have otherwise. Summer comes and summer goes, and season follows season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This summer in particular had its ups and downs. I did manage to clean out a few closets, read some wonderful books, write (a little bit more), and get to the gym (when I could). The high points being time with family, near and far, a visit to cousins in Ireland, a trip to family in Oklahoma, and the gathering with friends. I will carry those sweet memories with me into the cooling days of autumn. A road tour around the lovely picturesque towns in Cornwall, England which included a tour of the film setting for my beloved BBC show <em>Doc Martin<\/em> offered an opportunity to learn a bit more of British culture and history. The low point came with the death of my beloved dog Murphy. He had been in our family for eleven years, and not a day goes by that I don&#8217;t miss him. Summer had always been our quality time with trips to the parks and longer walks at sunset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon it will be time to pack away the beach bag, the travel totes, and gear up for a busy autumn. Like the myriad photos captured by my phone&#8217;s camera, memories will be there for me to reflect upon and remind me that summer does return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summertime always manages to fly by. Perhaps due to the progression of the years, or being super busy, or doing the need to catch up things at home, but before I know it, it&#8217;s another Labor Day weekend. From the bittersweetness of youth, I recall with fondness the feeling of<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-permalink\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/2019\/08\/22\/summertime-and-the-living-is-easy-or-so-they-say\/\" class=\"btn btn-default\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27],"tags":[58,59,54],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662,"href":"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions\/662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.pixelprofessionals.com\/catherinegreenfeder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}