{"id":1949,"date":"2012-03-06T20:19:30","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T09:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=1949"},"modified":"2013-05-24T23:55:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T13:55:07","slug":"a-seaside-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/a-seaside-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"A SEASIDE CHRISTMAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-decorations.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1950\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-decorations\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-decorations.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Putting up decorations for Christmas at Grey River\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1954\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial;\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-croissants\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-croissants.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Toasted croissants, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1951\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-bbq-breakfast\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-bbq-breakfast.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Breakfast BBQ for Christmas at Grey River\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-muffins.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1952\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-muffins\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-muffins.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Christmas muffins for breakfast at Grey River\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-fruit-salad.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1953\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-fruit-salad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-fruit-salad.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Fruit salad, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-breakfast.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1955\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-breakfast\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-breakfast.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Christmas Breakfast, Grey River\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-linesman.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1956\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-linesman\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-linesman.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Linesman fixing powerline, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-little-dog-treat.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1957\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-little-dog-treat\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-little-dog-treat.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Little Dog receives his present with suspicion, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-australian-fish-book.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1958\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-australian-fish-book\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-australian-fish-book.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Dylan's Christmas present Swainston's Fish of Australia, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-jack-russells.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1959\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-jack-russells\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-jack-russells.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Charlie and Little sitting on dad's lap, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-spearfishing.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1960\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-spearfishing\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-spearfishing.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Tom taking Wardy out spearfishing, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-fishing.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1961\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-fishing\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-fishing.jpg?resize=660%2C880\" alt=\"Fisherman and fisherdog on the beach, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-fishing.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-fishing.jpg?resize=375%2C500&amp;ssl=1 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-fish-scales.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1963\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-fish-scales\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-fish-scales.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Trout, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-swainstons-fish-of-australia.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1964\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-swainston's-fish-of-australia\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-swainstons-fish-of-australia.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Watercolour fish, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-fire-dog.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1962\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-fire-dog\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-fire-dog.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Gracie dog decorated for christmas, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-potato-hash-browns.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1966\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-potato-hash-browns\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-potato-hash-browns.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Hash browns, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-potato-hash-browns.jpg?w=880&amp;ssl=1 880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-potato-hash-browns.jpg?resize=660%2C495&amp;ssl=1 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-dinner.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1967\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-dinner\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-dinner.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Christmas Dinner, Grey River\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-birthday-cake.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1968\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-birthday-cake\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-birthday-cake.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Birthday cake, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-chess.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1949]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1969\" title=\"christmas-2012-grey-river-chess\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-chess.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Chess, Grey River Christmas\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Stormy weather took out the\u00a0power lines so Christmas\u00a0\u00a0morning began with a crackling fire and smokey toasted croissants. Traditions of plastic trees, turkey and shouting matches are made to be broken: family, friends and fishing are much nicer. Chocolate birthday cake is pretty delightful as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stormy weather took out the\u00a0power lines so Christmas\u00a0\u00a0morning began with a crackling fire and smokey toasted croissants. Traditions of plastic trees, turkey and shouting matches are made to be broken: family, friends and fishing are much nicer. Chocolate birthday cake is pretty delightful as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55,6],"tags":[90,252,143,87,75,33,89],"class_list":["post-1949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","category-travel","tag-beach","tag-fishing","tag-food","tag-gracie-the-border-collie","tag-grey-river","tag-otways","tag-weekend-away"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/christmas-2012-grey-river-fruit-salad.jpg?fit=660%2C495&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4l1F7-vr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5384,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949\/revisions\/5384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}