{"id":2051,"date":"2010-08-14T20:14:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-15T00:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2010-08-14T20:14:16","modified_gmt":"2010-08-15T00:14:16","slug":"deck-geckos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=2051","title":{"rendered":"Deck! Geckos!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how the deck is looking.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3287\/969684767_5usyu-S.jpg\" alt=\"d\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3294\/969681088_485rh-S.jpg\" alt=\"d\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I messed up my shoes doing it!  Hopefully, they&#8217;ll come clean!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3286\/969680778_Jnm5X-S.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>K and I went for a 6 mile bike ride.  Steep hills in our neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of fun things to see.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3328\/969690817_e49yj-S.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><br \/>\nStill can&#8217;t figure out why a guy would want to do this with his car?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3319\/969686181_Moryg-S.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>K took me to see the Geckos today at Fernbank.<\/p>\n<p>We went past Scott Blvd. Baptist Church on the way.  K&#8217;s dad used to pastor that church.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3325\/969695578_irXcx-S.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\nWe at lunch at Piccadilly.  I liked these ads.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3330\/969682373_A4X8Y-S.jpg\" alt=\"m\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3331\/969686734_aLqwj-S.jpg\" alt=\"e\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the carpet had a cool design.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3340\/969691283_tRKmD-S.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kathy loved the chocolate cake!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3339\/969687009_9QyjL-S.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I thought the toys were pretty cool in the game machine.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3341\/969696230_gvARz-S.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And this jello!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3333\/969695911_TVtKG-S.jpg\" alt=\"j\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was fun to see them!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3373\/969697588_mWdyx-S.jpg\" alt=\"k\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3363\/969687786_C6Zuz-S.jpg\" alt=\"g\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a pretty good exhibit.  Not as good as Gold!, or the Pharaohs, or the Caesars.<\/p>\n<p>The coolest ones were from Madagascar.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3385\/969698119_vzNyh-S.jpg\" alt=\"g\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3382\/969683958_RpnDt-S.jpg\" alt=\"g\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are pictures of the island.  I loved living in Madagascar!  We lived in the capital, Antananarivo.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3378\/969683806_xHRqp-S.jpg\" alt=\"m\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3379\/969688284_xsBbn-S.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3380\/969692764_xu7yQ-S.jpg\" alt=\"g\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I liked the dinosaurs of course!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3398\/969684506_2Cjzz-S.jpg\" alt=\"d\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enjoying a fun day!<\/p>\n<p>A new type of candy available at Fernbank.  Not sure it&#8217;ll catch on.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3390\/969684184_U3HpD-S.jpg\" alt=\"f\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under the category, &#8220;Won&#8217;t be buying soon.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3338\/969682584_N7obe-S.jpg\" alt=\"h\" \/><br \/>\nStrange signs I saw today.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3349\/969696525_DHiDq-S.jpg\" alt=\"h\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3402\/969684625_NC59r-S.jpg\" alt=\"h\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Nature\/Geckos-Fernbank-81310\/IMG3403\/969689219_VZHQF-S.jpg\" alt=\"d\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how the deck is looking. I messed up my shoes doing it! Hopefully, they&#8217;ll come clean! K and I went for a 6 mile bike ride. Steep hills in our neighborhood. Lots of fun things to see. Still can&#8217;t figure out why a guy would want to do this with his car? K took [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051"}],"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=2051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2052,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions\/2052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}