{"id":1786,"date":"2009-10-20T08:10:53","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T15:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=1786"},"modified":"2009-10-20T08:10:53","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T15:10:53","slug":"at-our-side-porch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2009\/at-our-side-porch\/","title":{"rendered":"At Our Side Porch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We don&#8217;t use our front porch or our back porch as ports of entry.<\/p>\n<p>Our side porch faces our garage, our outside parking, and our chicken house. So we use it.<\/p>\n<p>If you stand at the north side, here&#8217;s what you might see:<\/p>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/toward-woodburn.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/toward-woodburn.jpg\" alt=\"from our place toward Woodburn\" title=\"Our view kinda toward Woodburn\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>looking northwest, kinda toward Woodburn<\/i><\/div>\n<p>And at the south corner you might still find these:<\/p>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/fuschias.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/fuschias.jpg\" alt=\"Fuschias at Mark's place\" title=\"Real fuschias at the Roths'\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Fuschias: looking fake; being real<\/i><\/div>\n<p><!--more As usual, click here to see the rest. --><\/p>\n<p>While I was shooting, another of God&#8217;s creatures came, harvesting:<\/p>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/bee-in-fuschia.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/bee-in-fuschia.jpg\" alt=\"Bee breakfasts in fuschia\" title=\"Bee breakfasting in a fuschia\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>bee, breakfasting (I suppose)<\/i><\/div>\n<p>Speaking of creatures, if you continue east from our side porch, you end up in the barnyard and its surrounding pasture area:<\/p>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/horses-and-barn.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/horses-and-barn.jpg\" alt=\"horses and barn\" title=\"horses eating supper near the barn\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>landlord&#8217;s steeds sup<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/barn-and-horses.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/barn-and-horses.jpg\" alt=\"zooming in on supping horses\" title=\"Supping horses, zoomed\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>same subjects, different angle<\/i><\/div>\n<p>While I was shooting the broad side of the barn and the landlord&#8217;s cavalry, some of his many bovines munched their raw supper behind me.<\/p>\n<p>So I turned to capture (on &#8220;film&#8221; only, OK?) the closest. As I fired off the shot, our dog Tyke stepped into the field of fire (he didn&#8217;t feel a thing):<\/p>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/tyke-and-calf.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/tyke-and-calf.jpg\" alt=\"a calf, a dog\" title=\"Shooting a calf and a dog\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Lesson: If you step into a picture unexpectedly, you may not be in focus.<\/i><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We don&#8217;t use our front porch or our back porch as ports of entry. Our side porch faces our garage, our outside parking, and our chicken house. So we use it. 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