{"id":7640,"date":"2015-12-23T07:44:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T20:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=7640"},"modified":"2015-12-23T07:44:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T20:44:55","slug":"weekly-photo-challenge-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=7640","title":{"rendered":"Weekly photo challenge:  Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s two days before Christmas.\u00a0 I went for a long walk this morning because my tutoring has ended for the year and I&#8217;m having what we might call a day off.\u00a0 Here are some photos of Christmas in Australia, now, this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Plum trees look like Christmas trees:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7640 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?attachment_id=7642'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plum-trees-at-christmas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plum-trees-at-christmas.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plum-trees-at-christmas-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plum-trees-at-christmas-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plum-trees-at-christmas-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plum-trees-at-christmas-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?attachment_id=7647'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plum-trees-at-christmas1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plum-trees-at-christmas1.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plum-trees-at-christmas1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plum-trees-at-christmas1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plum-trees-at-christmas1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plum-trees-at-christmas1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Ducklings born in spring are not brave enough to leave their parents yet.\u00a0 They&#8217;re sticking with their duck families around the wetlands.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-7640 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?attachment_id=7678'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3252\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/duck-family-dickson21.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/duck-family-dickson21.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/duck-family-dickson21-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/duck-family-dickson21-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/duck-family-dickson21-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/duck-family-dickson21-1200x713.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?attachment_id=7651'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5115\" height=\"3104\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/duck-family-dickson1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/duck-family-dickson1.jpg 5115w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/duck-family-dickson1-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/duck-family-dickson1-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/duck-family-dickson1-1024x621.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/duck-family-dickson1-1200x728.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Some people drive around with reindeer antlers sticking out of their windows.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7654\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/12\/reindeer-antlers.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"Reindeer antlers\" width=\"750\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/reindeer-antlers.jpg 4901w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/reindeer-antlers-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/reindeer-antlers-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/reindeer-antlers-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/reindeer-antlers-1200x893.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now that school has finished for the year and the summer holidays have begun, lots of children and even a few adults who have the Christmas week off (it&#8217;s a slow period if you&#8217;re not in retail or hospitality) go to the local pool to play in the sun.\u00a0 This morning some children in this pool were having swimming lessons now they&#8217;re free from school lessons!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7657\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/12\/swim-school.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"Swim School\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/swim-school.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/swim-school-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/swim-school-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/swim-school-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/swim-school-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This guy was freely entertaining shoppers and holidaying children with his bubble gadget.\u00a0 No charge, no catch.\u00a0 He wasn&#8217;t selling them.\u00a0 Fantastic!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7661\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/12\/bubble-man3.jpg?w=652\" alt=\"Bubble man3\" width=\"652\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bubble-man3.jpg 2324w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bubble-man3-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bubble-man3-768x1206.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bubble-man3-652x1024.jpg 652w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bubble-man3-1200x1884.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas everyone.\u00a0 Thank you to each and every one of you who have read my writing this year.\u00a0 I&#8217;m VERY grateful!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7675\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7675 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/12\/christmas-tree-20152.jpg?w=200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-tree-20152.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-tree-20152-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-tree-20152-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-tree-20152-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-tree-20152-1200x1800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Christmas tree for this year. Under it, there are presents for everyone but me. Hopefully, on Christmas morning there&#8217;ll be one with my name on it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thanks WordPress for prompting me to think about <a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.wordpress.com\/photo-challenges\/now\/\" target=\"_blank\">Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas in Australia. It&#8217;s two days before Christmas.\u00a0 I went for a long walk this morning because my tutoring has ended for the year and I&#8217;m having what we might call a day off.\u00a0 Here are some photos of Christmas in Australia, now, this morning. Plum trees look like Christmas trees: Ducklings born in spring &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=7640\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weekly photo challenge:  Now&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[105,823,7,8,21],"class_list":["post-7640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-my-photos","tag-canberra","tag-christmas-in-australia","tag-photography","tag-photos-2","tag-postaday"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}