{"id":11435,"date":"2015-02-01T17:46:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T00:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=11435"},"modified":"2017-06-28T21:16:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T04:16:09","slug":"rainy-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=11435","title":{"rendered":"Rainy Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had a few days\u00a0of rain here in Phoenix this week, culminating in this morning&#8217;s pea-soup fog on the way to church. Here\u00a0are a couple of shots I grabbed from the web of the stadium for comparison:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11435 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?attachment_id=11436'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ArizonaSuperbowl-685x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ArizonaSuperbowl-685x400.jpg 685w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ArizonaSuperbowl-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ArizonaSuperbowl-1140x666.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11436'>\n\t\t\t\tThis was the stadium as of earlier in the week.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?attachment_id=11439'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/StadiumFog-533x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/StadiumFog-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/StadiumFog-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/StadiumFog.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11439'>\n\t\t\t\tThis was a shot this morning through the fog.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>(special credit for the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.seattletimes.com\/seahawks\/2015\/01\/23\/seahawks-fan-buzz-looks-like-perfect-super-bowl-weather\/\">great stadium shot to Ross D. Franklin<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, there you go. All the wonderful fans who flew in to town in the last 48 hours were treated to some uncharacteristically\u00a0gloomy weather, which, as a fan of rain clouds, I found slightly amusing. But it&#8217;s cleared off beautifully this afternoon and evening, so happy football partying to all.<\/p>\n<p>I did have to go out to my back yard and take special note of what the rainy season has accomplished there. It&#8217;s good to know that something can grow here, given enough moisture, even if it is &#8220;merely&#8221; weeds! In these photos, Geneva is standing up to her full height, and the weeds, at their tallest, surpass her 5&#8217;2&#8243;. \u00a0Good job, weeds!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-11435 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?attachment_id=11447'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111946_1web-300x163.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111946_1web-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111946_1web-736x400.jpg 736w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111946_1web-1140x620.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111946_1web.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?attachment_id=11445'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111908_1web-255x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111908_1web-255x180.jpg 255w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111908_1web-566x400.jpg 566w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111908_1web-1133x800.jpg 1133w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111908_1web.jpg 1416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?attachment_id=11446'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111917_1web-300x154.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111917_1web-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111917_1web-745x381.jpg 745w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111917_1web-1140x584.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150201_111917_1web.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had a few days\u00a0of rain here in Phoenix this week, culminating in this morning&#8217;s pea-soup fog on the way to church. Here\u00a0are a couple of shots I grabbed from the web of the stadium for comparison: (special credit for the great stadium shot to Ross D. Franklin) Anyway, there you go. All the wonderful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,598,135,287,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arizona","category-netties-world","category-plants","category-weather","category-yard","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11435"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11454,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11435\/revisions\/11454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}