{"id":559,"date":"2010-12-25T23:30:42","date_gmt":"2010-12-25T23:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=559"},"modified":"2011-08-14T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T11:25:09","slug":"cacti-with-crutches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/cacti-with-crutches\/","title":{"rendered":"CACTI WITH CRUTCHES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0120.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[559]\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_01081.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[559]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-566\" title=\"christmas-chicken-broccoli\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_01081.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0120.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[559]\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_01081.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[559]\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0120.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[559]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-561\" title=\"christmas-chickens\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0120.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0124.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[559]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-562\" title=\"christmas-gracie\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0124.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0125.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[559]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-563\" title=\"christmas-cacti-crutches-dali\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0125.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0128-2.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[559]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-564\" title=\"christmas-cacti-dylan\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0128-2.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0130.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[559]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-565\" title=\"christmas-dylan-leap\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0130.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are the photos I took on Christmas Day, a very random assortment. I was busy finishing Dylan&#8217;s present in the corner of the garden with the chickens keeping me company. After the traditional Christmas Family Breakfast we went to the Botanic Gardens to celebrate my birthday. I hadn&#8217;t seen the &#8220;volcano&#8221; before and the little crutches for the cacti made me think of Dali. Dylan shed his shoes just in time to stand on sharp rocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the photos I took on Christmas Day, a very random assortment. I was busy finishing Dylan&#8217;s present in the corner of the garden with the chickens keeping me company. After the traditional Christmas Family Breakfast we went to the Botanic Gardens to celebrate my birthday. 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