{"id":221,"date":"2008-11-08T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-08T21:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=221"},"modified":"2008-11-08T17:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-08T21:42:00","slug":"its-that-time-of-year-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s That Time of Year Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SRYIGHzmNeI\/AAAAAAAAA2k\/CXfgxqisT_k\/s1600-h\/Leaves1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SRYIGHzmNeI\/AAAAAAAAA2k\/CXfgxqisT_k\/s400\/Leaves1.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266405715524072930\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">Once a year, it seems that the leaves on our trees fall all at once.  My partner and I spent the afternoon taking care of the annual fall chore of raking leaves.  It really isn&#8217;t that much, since 90% of our property is wooded and we just leaf them alone in the forest.  (groan&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>But on the front and side lawns, rake we must.  Blow, blow, and blow, then mow one last time.  Put the leaves and grass trimmings in our compost pile.  We&#8217;re done.  Tired, a bit sore, but done.  And great weather for it, too!  It was 65\u00b0F (18\u00b0C) most of the afternoon, though cloudy.<\/p>\n<p>I just love to jump into a pile of leaves&#8230; and my partner indulges my childhood memories by laughing at my silliness, and taking a photo.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  wear your boots!  (and have fun!)<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once a year, it seems that the leaves on our trees fall all at once. My partner and I spent the afternoon taking care of the annual fall chore of raking leaves. It really isn&#8217;t that much, since 90% of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=221\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}