{"id":8113,"date":"2013-04-01T06:53:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T11:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=8113"},"modified":"2013-04-01T06:53:28","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T11:53:28","slug":"this-week-in-pictures-bella-and-the-turkeys-and-other-signs-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2013\/04\/01\/this-week-in-pictures-bella-and-the-turkeys-and-other-signs-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in pictures: Bella and the turkeys and other signs of spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I managed to avoid taking a whole week of Bella photos again, but I was so busy working with her on housetraining and other doggie manners that I missed taking a photo a couple of days this week, and relied on quickie iPhone snaps to fill in a few more gaps.<\/p>\n<p>Some photos just beg to be taken, although I do wish I&#8217;d had a little more time to play with this and maybe try to remove that glare from Beloved&#8217;s glasses.  In a house full of boys, Bella has easily stolen the role of Daddy&#8217;s Girl. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8587853372\/\" title=\"Daddy's girl? by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8232\/8587853372_f98b423c97_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Daddy's girl?\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, part of my dog training regimen has been teaching her to pose for the camera.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8596669414\/\" title=\"Curious Bella by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8247\/8596669414_3931426e06_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Curious Bella\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have you heard about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/news\/Barrhaven+wild+turkey+gang+more+aggressive+spring+arrives+with+video\/8079933\/story.html\">wild turkey problem in Barrhaven<\/a>?  We saw them for the first time a few months ago, and when I saw this pair stopping traffic on my way home from doing errands early one Saturday afternoon, I had to stop and snap a few photos.  I thought I had a really great video of them attacking a Mazda as it backed up and tried to drive around them (they really are fearless!) but apparently I&#8217;m a better photographer than videographer &#8211; I didn&#8217;t manage to turn on the video button.  Just another couple of turkeys on the fowl prowl in suburbia&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8585895914\/\" title=\"Just a pair of suburban turkeys on the prowl by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8384\/8585895914_fec14798e5_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Just a pair of suburban turkeys on the prowl\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And look, more signs of spring &#8211; buds on the birch trees in the back yard!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8592883275\/\" title=\"Spring sky and birch trees by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8250\/8592883275_8ccebd412d_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Spring sky and birch trees\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And last but certainly not least, one of the surest signs of spring: Easter egg decorating!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8600442677\/\" title=\"Easter egg fun by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8388\/8600442677_f21076cfc2_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Easter egg fun\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8600443045\/\" title=\"Easter egg fun by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8526\/8600443045_7c753121b4_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Easter egg fun\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8600443273\/\" title=\"Easter egg fun by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8531\/8600443273_7fa3e7744b_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Easter egg fun\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope your Easter was filled with spring and sweet treats! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I managed to avoid taking a whole week of Bella photos again, but I was so busy working with her on housetraining and other doggie manners that I missed taking a photo a couple of days this week, and relied on quickie iPhone snaps to fill in a few more gaps. Some photos just beg &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2013\/04\/01\/this-week-in-pictures-bella-and-the-turkeys-and-other-signs-of-spring\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;This week in pictures: Bella and the turkeys and other signs of spring&#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-8113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-365"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8113","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=8113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8116,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8113\/revisions\/8116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}