{"id":7464,"date":"2012-10-13T06:25:43","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T11:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=7464"},"modified":"2012-10-13T06:25:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T11:25:43","slug":"this-week-in-pictures-thankful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2012\/10\/13\/this-week-in-pictures-thankful\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in pictures: Thankful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">I<\/span>t was Thanksgiving this week, and I could fill pages and hard drives of all the things I have to be thankful for. First and foremost, I am thankful to my brother and his family for making the drive up for an unexpected visit for the weekend:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8061019366\/\" title=\"Kids at the mill by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8174\/8061019366_106ac035c8.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" alt=\"Kids at the mill\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thankful to live in a gorgeous city ringed by amazing wild spaces where kids can interact with nature. Lucas was so frustrated at how easily the chickadees landed on the big kids&#8217; fingers and it was only at the end of our hike that he finally got one to land on his hand. I am also thankful for the wonder and delight of a child:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8064860940\/\" title=\"Lime Kiln Trail 2012 by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8461\/8064860940_c602d92193.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" alt=\"Lime Kiln Trail 2012\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one more, not an official photo of the day but the intersection of family and childlike wonder with nature:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8064864575\/\" title=\"Lime Kiln Trail 2012 (7 of 15) by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8452\/8064864575_28b607da79.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" alt=\"Lime Kiln Trail 2012 (7 of 15)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thankful for cool, brilliant fall days and their breathtaking colour &#8212; even if I know they&#8217;re just a precursor to months of frosty monochrome. This is the Long Island Locks on the Rideau River near Manotick.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8072184537\/\" title=\"Long Island Locks in autumn by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8454\/8072184537_89d7047bfb.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" alt=\"Long Island Locks in autumn\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did I mention I&#8217;m thankful for fall colour? I kinda have to double up, because it just won&#8217;t be here in a couple of weeks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8081242588\/\" title=\"Fenced Friday for Fall by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8054\/8081242588_af5690c4c9.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"331\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Fenced Friday for Fall\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thankful to live in a community that cares about its residents and offers fantastic free activities for families. This is the free pumpkin painting at the Manotick Harvest Festival this weekend:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8076510321\/\" title=\"Pumpkin painter by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8475\/8076510321_57f042f1e9.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Pumpkin painter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am extremely thankful for all of the wonderful people who have trusted me with their family portraits over the last couple of year, and I&#8217;m grateful for sweet kids who put up with my antics and reward me with beautiful smiles like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8068593330\/\" title=\"Peekaboo kids by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8030\/8068593330_3075e35634.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"331\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Peekaboo kids\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m grateful for my wide-angle lens that makes interesting shots like this, my French class that sees me walking down Elgin Street on a sunny morning to capture a shot like this, and my homeland that makes me proud to share a photo like this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8078256423\/\" title=\"Ontario, Canada by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8468\/8078256423_0e2535c4a9.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" alt=\"Ontario, Canada\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty much thankful for everything right about now. It&#8217;s not a bad place to be, on Thanksgiving weekend and always. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a week late (or a month early for my American friends) to ask the question, but what are you thankful for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was Thanksgiving this week, and I could fill pages and hard drives of all the things I have to be thankful for. First and foremost, I am thankful to my brother and his family for making the drive up for an unexpected visit for the weekend: I&#8217;m thankful to live in a gorgeous city &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2012\/10\/13\/this-week-in-pictures-thankful\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;This week in pictures: Thankful&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-365"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7464"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7467,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7464\/revisions\/7467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}