{"id":6690,"date":"2021-02-04T15:37:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T20:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=6690"},"modified":"2021-02-05T13:25:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T18:25:18","slug":"its-a-pretty-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/its-a-pretty-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a pretty scene&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8230;we don\u2019t like to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WinterSceneTHF.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WinterSceneTHF-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Winter at Thistle Hill Farm\" class=\"wp-image-6691\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WinterSceneTHF-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WinterSceneTHF-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WinterSceneTHF.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Photo by Curt Humphreys<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Thistle Hill has turned into one giant hockey rink following last weekend\u2019s snow storm.&nbsp; The snow was capped off with a combination of sleet and some melting&#8230;and the resulting ice cap is the one thing cows can\u2019t graze through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We spotted extra bales of hay throughout our pastures so feed isn\u2019t a problem&#8230;and this kind of condition fortunately doesn\u2019t last long in temperate Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The very real danger is the slippery footing.&nbsp; We\u2019ve lost several cows over the years to falls&#8230;broken hips and shoulders don\u2019t mend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>David<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;we don\u2019t like to see. Thistle Hill has turned into one giant hockey rink following last weekend\u2019s snow storm.&nbsp; The snow was capped off with a combination of sleet and some melting&#8230;and the resulting ice cap is the one thing cows can\u2019t graze through. We spotted extra bales of hay throughout our pastures so feed isn\u2019t a problem&#8230;and this kind of condition fortunately doesn\u2019t last long in temperate Virginia. The very real danger is the slippery footing.&nbsp; We\u2019ve lost several cows over the years to falls&#8230;broken hips and shoulders don\u2019t mend. David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-david","category-thistle-hill-farm"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6690","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=6690"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6694,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6690\/revisions\/6694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}