{"id":5631,"date":"2019-04-21T13:54:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T17:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=5631"},"modified":"2019-04-21T13:54:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T17:54:47","slug":"here-they-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/here-they-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Here they come&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Devon-Herd.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Devon-Herd-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Main Devon Herd\" class=\"wp-image-5635\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Devon-Herd-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Devon-Herd-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Devon-Herd.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The main Devon herd stretched out across Thistle Hill at  sunset. No fuss or bother as they follow grandson Church for close to a  half a mile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do they understand that luscious green grass awaits?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They do certainly trust Church\u2019s leadership and sense of purpose. Outriders, sticks and herding dogs not necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once\n they\u2019ve regrouped they\u2019ll begin a daily rotation of fresh grass, \nroughly an acre at a time. They have to be this well trained after all \nbecause Church has college to attend and can\u2019t be late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a few days they\u2019ll be waiting for him at the entrance to the next paddock. He won\u2019t even have to whistle! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>David<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main Devon herd stretched out across Thistle Hill at sunset. No fuss or bother as they follow grandson Church for close to a half a mile. Do they understand that luscious green grass awaits? They do certainly trust Church\u2019s leadership and sense of purpose. Outriders, sticks and herding dogs not necessary. Once they\u2019ve regrouped they\u2019ll begin a daily rotation of fresh grass, roughly an acre at a time. They have to be this well trained after all because Church has college to attend and can\u2019t be late. After a few days they\u2019ll be waiting for him at the entrance to the next paddock. He won\u2019t even have to whistle! David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,13,33,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cows","category-david","category-environment","category-pasture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5631"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5636,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5631\/revisions\/5636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}