{"id":3587,"date":"2011-07-06T19:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2011-08-04T00:05:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T22:05:42","slug":"on-a-cloudy-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/on-a-cloudy-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"On a cloudy Saturday&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been too long since I just went out and took photos&#8230;so I decided to do just that on Saturday and took a bunch of macros around the neighbourhood &#8211; we have a makeshift meadow down the road complete with a small stream and, I was surprised to discover, a couple of plastic roses&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ant2b_LMcC_8476.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\" data-rl_title=\"ant\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3602\" title=\"ant\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ant2b_LMcC_8476-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"ant\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ant2b_LMcC_8476-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ant2b_LMcC_8476-575x383.jpg 575w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ant2b_LMcC_8476.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bee2_LMcC_8351.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\" data-rl_title=\"Bee &amp; daisies\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3592\" title=\"Bee &amp; daisies\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bee2_LMcC_8351-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Bee &amp; daisies\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bee2_LMcC_8351-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bee2_LMcC_8351-575x383.jpg 575w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bee2_LMcC_8351.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3587 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Daisies2_LMcC_8336.jpg' title=\"Daisies\" data-rl_title=\"Daisies\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Daisies2_LMcC_8336-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Daisies\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bee2_LMcC_8345.jpg' title=\"Bee &amp; daisies\" data-rl_title=\"Bee &amp; daisies\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bee2_LMcC_8345-150x150.jpg\" 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frog\" data-rl_title=\"&#039;Hercules&#039; the frog\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/frog2b_LMcC_8409-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"&#039;Hercules&#039; the frog\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bee2_LMcC_8445.jpg' title=\"bee in the grass\" data-rl_title=\"bee in the grass\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bee2_LMcC_8445-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"bee in the grass\" 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