{"id":1729,"date":"2011-08-09T16:46:37","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T16:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2011-08-09T16:46:37","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T16:46:37","slug":"random-shots-and-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/09\/random-shots-and-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Random shots, and thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I&#8217;d just share some random shots, and thoughts, from my photo file for Summer 2011.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-TpS9tfh\/0\/M\/i-TpS9tfh-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" \/><em>Elsa, Cowichan \u00a0Bay, July 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-sKWWzFh\/0\/L\/i-sKWWzFh-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-nWmkm6v\/0\/L\/i-nWmkm6v-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Nanaimo Harbour, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-fKzFjwT\/0\/M\/i-fKzFjwT-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" \/><br \/>\n<em>A lake found while on an atv ride in the mountains.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-sh7Fb2k\/0\/L\/i-sh7Fb2k-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<em>The view seen on an atv ride in the mountains.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-G2MPCL9\/0\/M\/i-G2MPCL9-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" \/><br \/>\n<em>How we serve guests dinner here on the homestead, even when it&#8217;s family visiting all the way from the Netherlands. Not only serve yourself, but cook it yourself too!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-4t6mSGQ\/0\/M\/i-4t6mSGQ-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" \/><em>Family feet, some local, some from overseas! Can you guess which ones are mine?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-9phTsB9\/0\/M\/i-9phTsB9-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Enjoying a mutual passion with a cousin visiting from the Netherlands. Photography.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-gpd63zs\/0\/L\/i-gpd63zs-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Alesia practicing jumps on my horse Raiah&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-kqqg3Lg\/0\/M\/i-kqqg3Lg-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" \/><em>While Shaylah &amp; Levi watch.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-XHrn767\/0\/M\/i-XHrn767-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" \/><em>One last family bon fire the night before hubby left.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-3c3bkQs\/0\/M\/i-3c3bkQs-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-gBFWMNq\/0\/M\/i-gBFWMNq-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" \/><em>Almost ready to go.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-hw7R3MJ\/0\/L\/i-hw7R3MJ-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Puppy love.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-vzQgn8L\/0\/L\/i-vzQgn8L-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Trying to hide from the camera.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>Our summer here on Vancouver Island has really only just begun. We had a lot of rain and cool weather all throughout June and July. Hopefully through August we&#8217;ll have more sun for some beach days.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How&#8217;s your summer been so far? Have you gone away? Do you still have some plans?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Don\u2019t be shy, share in the comments. I\u2019d love to hear from \u00a0you. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I&#8217;d just share some random shots, and thoughts, from my photo file for Summer 2011. Elsa, Cowichan \u00a0Bay, July 2011 Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Nanaimo Harbour, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada A lake found while on an atv ride in the mountains. 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