{"id":5446,"date":"2013-10-08T22:54:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T02:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=5446"},"modified":"2013-10-08T22:58:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T02:58:06","slug":"timber-hummingbirds-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=5446","title":{"rendered":"Timber! Hummingbirds! Mission!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I cleaned up the tree that fell in my back yard.  Big trees choke out little trees.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-bG4X27h\/0\/M\/IMG_1673-M.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-P8fxj9Z\/0\/M\/IMG_1674-M.jpg\" alt=\"i\" \/><br \/>\nI had to put my wind sculpture back up.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-QbB6SzM\/0\/M\/IMG_1682-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bleached and cleaned out nectar for my hummingbirds for the last time of the year.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-QbVQspb\/0\/M\/IMG_1676-M.jpg\" alt=\"d\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-Nfnx92s\/0\/M\/IMG_1678-M.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-c64QMp3\/0\/M\/IMG_1677-M.jpg\" alt=\"f\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The feeder by my bedroom is my favorite.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-TH8BdZQ\/0\/M\/IMG_1679-M.jpg\" alt=\"b\" \/><\/p>\n<p> I&#8217;m not sure if they&#8217;re still around.  Sometimes migrants come through.  Did you know they winter in Texas and as far south as Costa Rica?<\/p>\n<p>This is my &#8220;Raptor Blind.&#8221;  I built it for the kids when they were in elementary school.  It was about 20 feet high and had a zip line that you rode down to the ground.  Ashley broke her arm on it.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve taken the platforms down, not safe.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-S5gzPmM\/0\/M\/IMG_1684-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\nWhen I think about the stuff we&#8217;ve done together, I guess I&#8217;ve been a pretty cool Dad.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoyed working with the kids at the mission.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-SFQhmhT\/0\/M\/IMG_1685-M.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-BsBvH8v\/0\/M\/IMG_1686-M.jpg\" alt=\"k\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-b4kSzm6\/0\/M\/IMG_1688-M.jpg\" alt=\"d\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They were welding part of the landing above the mission.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-dqkxQ9t\/0\/M\/IMG_1691-M.jpg\" alt=\"w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had to make sure the kids came through the back door so they didn&#8217;t get a shard of molten metal in their scalp. That&#8217;s not zesty.<\/p>\n<p>Did some shopping at Walmart.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-nSCLDBC\/0\/M\/IMG_1694-M.jpg\" alt=\"b\" \/><br \/>\n  Working on getting some extra keys made for the Chrysler.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-f5Tgd4k\/0\/M\/IMG_1695-M.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><br \/>\nNow I have to program them.<\/p>\n<p>I liked these flowers.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-vrwqB9H\/0\/M\/IMG_1693-M.jpg\" alt=\"f\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Admin duties now.  K and I watched Criminal Minds.  I don&#8217;t really like that show.<\/p>\n<p>I liked these rolling stratus clouds.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-10813\/i-4dg3wW4\/0\/M\/IMG_1675-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I cleaned up the tree that fell in my back yard. Big trees choke out little trees. I had to put my wind sculpture back up. Bleached and cleaned out nectar for my hummingbirds for the last time of the year. The feeder by my bedroom is my favorite. I&#8217;m not sure if [&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\/5446"}],"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=5446"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5450,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446\/revisions\/5450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}