{"id":1861,"date":"2006-02-17T21:32:39","date_gmt":"2006-02-17T20:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunpig.com\/mt-entry-1861.html"},"modified":"2014-01-19T21:08:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T20:08:27","slug":"no-rest-for-the-silly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/2006\/02\/17\/no-rest-for-the-silly\/","title":{"rendered":"No Rest for the Silly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another Friday, another adventure.<\/p>\n<p>Fiona had a birthday party to go to quite late today (4:30 &#8211; 6), so I had half-intended to spend the morning quietly so as to leave her with energy for the afternoon.  But the day was so sunny, and the kids so chirpy, that I decided we all needed a trip out.  There&#8217;s been a geocache near us, unfound, for some time: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/seek\/cache_details.aspx?guid=e68ab827-1907-4642-a262-87caaffa9609\">Craigmillar&#8217;s One of Four<\/a>.  Off we went.<\/p>\n<p>Alex pointed the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/100789184\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/32\/100789184_3561b359c3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"DSC00643\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 17 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fiona checked our heading with a compass.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/100789214\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/34\/100789214_2f0c99b979.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC00642\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 17 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We lucked out.  We found the cache really quickly, got good loot, left our trades, and thought, &#8220;now what?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So we walked on round the castle, whcih was magnificent in the glorious sun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/100788886\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/30\/100788886_e2a2146fae.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC00648\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 17 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fiona took her own path, at her own pace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/100788855\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/25\/100788855_4fc1a6e2d2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"DSC00649\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 17 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We saw lots of trees.<\/p>\n<p>From far away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/100787689\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/31\/100787689_fcbcbd09f4.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC00671\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 17 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From up close.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/100787925\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/26\/100787925_ffb66cbcf2.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC00666\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 17 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And all wrinkly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/100788049\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/19\/100788049_ddc7b15a9f.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"DSC00664\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 17 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ones that look like dragons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/100788258\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/39\/100788258_0780949a8e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"DSC00660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 17 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And ones that look like island chains!  (Cropped, I confess.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/100913911\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/39\/100913911_1065adc45c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"365\" alt=\"treebumps\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 17 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Then we rolled back down the hill (no, really, Alex wanted to barrel roll.  Fiona tried to join him, but needed a bit of help.)  After a brief visit home to lunch, nap and change clothes, we went to Lauren&#8217;s party.  The kids were perky as they waited for the bus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/100910202\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/26\/100910202_8d3d6999f3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"DSC00681\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 17 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fiona loved the party, particularly when painted as a puppy.  (Yes, I know it&#8217;s out of focus, but she <em>was<\/em> dancing.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/100910007\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/34\/100910007_6dcf764929.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC00686\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 17 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was a magnificent day.  Alex impressed me with his maturity at the party (I asked him to sit out the party games after he won  the first one, to give the smaller kids a chance.  He not only did so, but he made the effort to smile about it as well.  Wow.)  Fiona was funny and beautiful.  Then they had a delightful bath and went to bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Friday, another adventure. Fiona had a birthday party to go to quite late today (4:30 &#8211; 6), so I had half-intended to spend the morning quietly so as to leave her with energy for the afternoon. But the day was so sunny, and the kids so chirpy, that I decided we all needed a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/2006\/02\/17\/no-rest-for-the-silly\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">No Rest for the Silly<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,134],"tags":[1580,1699,1626,1614,1654,1697,1698],"class_list":["post-1861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-photography","tag-alex","tag-castle","tag-fiona","tag-geocaching-2","tag-macro","tag-trees","tag-wood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2882,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861\/revisions\/2882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}