{"id":1049,"date":"2007-06-24T03:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-24T03:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:33:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:33:02","slug":"cross-eyed-glances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1049","title":{"rendered":"Cross-eyed glances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/IMG_2655.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079447235828085922\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/IMG_2655-200x300.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">I was out with my camera today to photograph insects at two very public parks; one is popular with rollerbladers and joggers, the other popular as a site for weddings because it&#8217;s so lavishly planted with roses and other photogenic flowers. In both places I was knee-deep in the weediest patches lush with milkweed and daisies focusing my lens at bumblebees, beetles, and butterflies. I got more than a few cross-eyed glances from passerby! Birdwatching gets a person used to the odd looks from others, I think. There was a time when I was very self-conscious going out with binoculars around my neck; lately I&#8217;ve added a camera slung over my shoulder as well as the bag of extra lenses, just in case. If rollerbladers don&#8217;t feel funny with those big wheeled-boots on their feet on a ninety degree day, why should I?<\/p>\n<p>This tiny butterfly, the size of a dime, is an Eastern-Tailed Blue I think, feeding on yarrow.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was out with my camera today to photograph insects at two very public parks; one is popular with rollerbladers and joggers, the other popular as a site for weddings because it&#8217;s so lavishly planted with roses and other photogenic flowers. In both places I was knee-deep in the weediest patches lush with milkweed and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1049\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cross-eyed glances<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}