{"id":1355,"date":"2011-05-06T16:44:28","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T16:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2011-05-06T16:44:28","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T16:44:28","slug":"beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/06\/beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was younger, I actually had the spare time to do things such as painting.<\/p>\n<p>I loved watercolors best. I still have many of my old watercolor paintings, tucked away in my large art folder. I pull them out every few years and show the kids.<\/p>\n<p>I always dreamed of a day that I could paint beautiful landscapes that I would see with my own eyes first, then turn into paintings.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"spider lake by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/1358636095\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1062\/1358636095_8c322fb27f.jpg\" alt=\"spider lake\" width=\"500\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now I have the beautiful landscapes I&#8217;ve seen with my own two eyes in person,<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"spider lake by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/1358640825\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1188\/1358640825_ad763105ca.jpg\" alt=\"spider lake\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>but no spare time to paint!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"spider lake by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/1358341089\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1006\/1358341089_a6f3bc471e.jpg\" alt=\"spider lake\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I snap photos instead,<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_3332 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/3622212414\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3301\/3622212414_6be28f1a3a.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3332\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT<\/strong>, <em>I dare not complain about having no time to paint!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_2288 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/3557965773\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3559\/3557965773_6523382245.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2288\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s only due to my life being so full of other kinds of landscape photos instead,<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_3236 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/3621650916\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2479\/3621650916_81fa5a1f33.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3236\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>those filled not just with the beauty of the surroundings,<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_3288 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/3620520865\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3645\/3620520865_5268589af8.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3288\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>but the beauty of those I love as well!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMGP0635 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/1359235076\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1051\/1359235076_f6acbc4025.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP0635\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was younger, I actually had the spare time to do things such as painting. 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