{"id":17082,"date":"2023-03-08T22:11:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T02:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17082"},"modified":"2023-03-08T22:13:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T02:13:26","slug":"doug-azalea-pe-holi-squirrel-3-8-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17082","title":{"rendered":"Doug! Azalea! PE &#038; Holi! Squirrel! 3.8.23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I like the artistic style of my buddy Jim Pirtle in Houston.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-2XJRHzd\/0\/7da6e8e5\/S\/IMG_7449%202-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I talked with a friend of mine who lives in Sacramento.  Glad he&#8217;s ok!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-4B78352\/0\/143dc3c4\/S\/IMG_7431-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I always thought this was one of the coolest holidays ever.  Holi is the Hindu festival of color.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-zzpNvQ2\/0\/5a29ebf8\/S\/IMG_7432-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-xmrKg7p\/0\/176a49ea\/S\/IMG_7433%202-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-kBscFFt\/0\/27756d65\/S\/IMG_7434%202-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-dqXkv4j\/0\/0c831c6b\/S\/IMG_7435%202-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OYB!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-FpxnLxG\/0\/b6fff4e5\/S\/IMG_7441%202-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-9DWFJ38\/0\/83314597\/S\/IMG_7442-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Espa\u00f1ol!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-k22ptz5\/0\/12a75eb8\/S\/IMG_7443-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-xg3tDZ8\/0\/9b5a0544\/S\/IMG_7444-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-CQWHcpf\/0\/9b3440d3\/S\/IMG_7445-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was great to see my pal Doug Allison today!  We go WAY back!  Took him over to Masala in Decatur.  Since today is Holi, I wanted to go do something Indian.  I actually bought a set of color powders at the Patel Brothers grocery store.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-qkS7wDs\/0\/515b868f\/S\/IMG_7451-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-6FFwbTr\/0\/897cb5d9\/S\/IMG_0112-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We went to White Windmill for dessert.  It was super good.  Tiramisu and lemon pound cake.<\/p>\n<p>Good to see my new checks are on the way.  They are kind of expensive, but I get the ones with a carbon sheet attached so I always know what checks I write.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-bd92fD9\/0\/7e78c992\/S\/IMG_7453-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The girls were intrigued by the brilliantly colored powder.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-sHJdRd5\/0\/38f35885\/S\/IMG_0114%202-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-k8tMCd5\/0\/8493aa0b\/S\/IMG_0115-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-JBZW7vJ\/0\/fd2ec523\/S\/IMG_0116%202-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-qNGjH5j\/0\/81943f6f\/S\/IMG_7454-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-QNNpnmz\/0\/62feb566\/S\/IMG_7455-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I helped the kids with their homework while we waited for Ashley to get home.  Miles and I figured we&#8217;d better let Mama get home before we did anything too crazy.<\/p>\n<p>The girls had a lot of fun.  Their friend Tasfia from Bangladesh also joined in the festivities.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-w9cRnNX\/0\/38d03873\/S\/IMG_7457-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-pnL845p\/0\/f9008cd2\/S\/IMG_7460%202-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-8874zgn\/0\/ddc92c87\/S\/IMG_7462-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-PXbsVHL\/0\/58fa661e\/S\/IMG_0125%202-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-hg9SM4g\/0\/baf4de08\/S\/IMG_0128%202-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-WFxpH5s\/0\/b785233f\/S\/IMG_0129%202-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The kids at the mission found a juvenile squirrel.  I tried to let it got.  Crazy squirrel kept coming back.  Finally, put it up in a tree.  Still don&#8217;t know for sure what happened to it.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-88nrWcn\/0\/c0ab006f\/S\/IMG_0117%202-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-6wcC8Fb\/0\/cc9a1507\/S\/IMG_0118-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cleaned my shoes after the Holi fun.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-n79t3xV\/0\/c4ad85ad\/S\/IMG_0130-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Verified that my taxes got to my tax people.  Amen.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-zLRGRtB\/0\/5c51c354\/S\/IMG_7468-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just. Keep. Going.  Didn&#8217;t spend as much time today on Duolingo because of my lunch with Doug. Listened to radio from Madrid for about 45 minutes.  It adds up!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Doug-Azalea-PE-Holi-3823\/i-Wg9QwDP\/0\/bb44f05e\/S\/IMG_7469%202-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like the artistic style of my buddy Jim Pirtle in Houston. I talked with a friend of mine who lives in Sacramento. Glad he&#8217;s ok! I always thought this was one of the coolest holidays ever. Holi is the Hindu festival of color. OYB! Espa\u00f1ol! It was great to see my pal Doug Allison [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17082"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17085,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17082\/revisions\/17085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}