{"id":4411,"date":"2010-04-29T02:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2010\/04\/29\/the-desert-blooms"},"modified":"2017-09-08T11:06:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T11:06:47","slug":"the-desert-blooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=4411","title":{"rendered":"the desert blooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/81a11-img_0526.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/81a11-img_0526.jpg?resize=191%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><i>A familiar place, one he&#8217;d been to many times before. But this time was different, unique&#8230;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><i>The sense of change was in the air, and to the eye.<\/i><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/6db46-img_0525.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/6db46-img_0525.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><i>Everywhere he looked, nature was alive, seemingly calling to him<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><i>as if to say<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/01962-img_0527.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/01962-img_0527.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">remember me.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/88038-img_0530.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/88038-img_0530.jpg?resize=396%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"396\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><i>He felt as though it was his first time, seeing everything in a new way.<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><i>better. beautiful.<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><i>Alive.<\/i><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/5ea27-img_0531.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/5ea27-img_0531.jpg?resize=400%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/be506-img_0535.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/be506-img_0535.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/48f80-img_0533.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/48f80-img_0533.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><i>the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueplanetbiomes.org\/sonoran_desert.htm\"> Desert<\/a> in full bloom. For him, a chance to slow down, reflect on life.<\/i><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/9924e-img_0534.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/9924e-img_0534.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><i><\/i><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/ffe9f-img_0532.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/ffe9f-img_0532.jpg?resize=200%2C181&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><i>and appreciate it.<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/mywalkabout\/SOYb\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/mywalkabout\/SOYb<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A familiar place, one he&#8217;d been to many times before. But this time was different, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowqprcCw:productID":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[24592,895270],"class_list":["post-4411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-arizona","tag-sonoran-desert"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99I7P-199","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4747,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4411\/revisions\/4747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}