{"id":160,"date":"2009-07-23T23:01:14","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T07:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/23\/xmas-2006\/"},"modified":"2009-07-23T23:01:14","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T07:01:14","slug":"xmas-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ansatejones.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/23\/xmas-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"xmas 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>eh, better late than never.  these images are sort of emotionally charged for me, i guess. so it took me a while to get around to being motivated to work on them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/gidge7006.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/gidge7007.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>gidget at the rest stop, somewhere in california.  we liked to let her out at them whenever we traveled; she was pretty old and didn&#8217;t go far, and i&#8217;d like to think she enjoyed being able to get out and sniff the sights, so to speak.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/rstree7010.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/birds27014.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>at the rest stop there was some sort of game bird being shipped in crates to a hunting resort.  we chatted with the driver a bit, and there was a moderate amount of secret loathing welling in me while we did.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/mee7028.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>finally, chillin&#8217; on my parents&#8217; patio. i think i took this?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/meken7039.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>taken by my parents.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/patiokengidge7040.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/gidget_7041.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/gidge7042.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/megidge7044.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/dad7045.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/grandma7047.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/cheese7053.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>oh god this cheese.  this is a family tradition, every year we have to have the cheese plate with the nut roll. this might have been the year we handmade the nut roll actually. which explains why i have a picture of it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/ken7061.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/kengidge_7066.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/redblondeblue7071.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>three generations: red, blonde and blue. taken by ken.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/meken7078.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/kendark7089.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/kenhalf7093.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/kenballs7106.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ken invents a new game!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/frog7018.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>one of the great things about my parents&#8217; backyard is that it&#8217;s home to a lot of dead wildlife. when we stayed here one summer there was a dead rabbit that appeared one day and mysteriously disappeared the next. elusive creatures, dead things.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/dadbonfire7113.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>dad&#8217;s fire pot is kinda dangerous.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/bonfire7115.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/digitalis\/holidays\/xmas06\/mtcow7153.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>hills of the central valley, now with 50% more angus!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>eh, better late than never. these images are sort of emotionally charged for me, i guess. so it took me a while to get around to being motivated to work on them. gidget at the rest stop, somewhere in california. we liked to let her out at them whenever we traveled; she was pretty old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>xmas 2006 - Hieratic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ansatejones.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/23\/xmas-2006\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"xmas 2006 - Hieratic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"eh, better late than never. these images are sort of emotionally charged for me, i guess. so it took me a while to get around to being motivated to work on them. gidget at the rest stop, somewhere in california. we liked to let her out at them whenever we traveled; 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