{"id":2380,"date":"2012-08-20T21:41:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=2380"},"modified":"2014-09-14T16:59:12","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T06:59:12","slug":"brighten-your-day-in-any-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/brighten-your-day-in-any-way\/","title":{"rendered":"BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY, IN ANY WAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lake-Colac-waters-edge\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Lake-Colac-waters-edge.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"Grasses by the Colac Lake in the Botanical Gardens\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 75%;\">\n<div style=\"padding-right: 5px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"colac-lake-gumboots-yellow-sparkling-water\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/colac-lake-gumboots-yellow-sparkling-water.jpg?w=595\" alt=\"Yellow lace-up gumboots in sparkling water\"   \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 25%;\">\n<div style=\"padding-left: 15px;\">\nBut my real secret to a sunny attitude this winter, is a pair of new sunnyside up gumboots! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/19\/crochet-away-those-winter-blues\/\">Good bye mopey me<\/a>, hello bright yellow wellies!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Splashing through puddles<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nwith a radiant set of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wellies.com.au\/elyse-boots-yellow.html\">waterproof stompers<\/a>, is the perfect remedy to the winter grumps, with an added injection of child like glee.  Added bonus during these stomping sessions, I&#8217;m whole-heartedly embracing any vitamin D thrown my way! <\/p>\n<p>Wishing you a sunny winter and a shady summer! Xoxo\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 50%;\">\n<div style=\"padding-right: 10px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lake-Colac-yellow-leaves-gumboots\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Lake-Colac-yellow-leaves-gumboots1-e1345380619359.jpg?resize=390%2C520\" alt=\"Elyse Boots Yellow by BOGS with yellow fallen leaves\" width=\"390\" height=\"520\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 50%;\">\n<div style=\"padding-left: 10px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lake-Colac-yellow-button-flower\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Lake-Colac-yellow-button-flower-e1345380228922.jpg?resize=390%2C520\" alt=\"Yellow button floor by the lake\" width=\"390\" height=\"520\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><!--more CLICK TO WALK THE SHORE...--><\/h1>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lake-Colac-yellow-tree-leaves\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Lake-Colac-yellow-tree-leaves.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"Yellow leaves in a tree\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lake-Colac-water-grasses\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Lake-Colac-water-grasses.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"Dylan walking through water grasses and reeds by the Colac Lake\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lake-Colac-grasses\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Lake-Colac-grasses.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"Close-up of grass seed head\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"colac-lake-ripples\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/colac-lake-ripples.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"Walking through the lake ankle deep wearing yellow wellington boots\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But my real secret to a sunny attitude this winter, is a pair of new sunnyside up gumboots! Good bye mopey me, hello bright yellow wellies! &nbsp; Splashing through puddles &nbsp; with a radiant set of waterproof stompers, is the perfect remedy to the winter grumps, with an added injection of child like glee. 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