{"id":38,"date":"2016-10-31T03:09:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T03:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5265.temp.domains\/~brucewi2\/photos\/2016\/10\/31\/posthistoric-ant\/"},"modified":"2019-09-03T01:12:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T01:12:14","slug":"posthistoric-ant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/posthistoric-ant\/","title":{"rendered":"Posthistoric Ant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 740px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; position: relative; width: 740px;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 740px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; position: relative; width: 740px;\">\n<h1 name=\"377a\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-sans-serif-font, &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans&quot;, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 40px; letter-spacing: -0.028em; line-height: 1.04; margin: 0px 0px 0px -2.5px;\">Posthistoric Ant<\/h1>\n<div name=\"88c8\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 10px;\">Remember those prehistoric mosquitoes that were preserved in tree sap in Jurassic Park? I was inspired to preserve a present day ant so that people (or maybe aliens) will have something to play with in a few million years:<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure name=\"db71\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 43px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; max-height: 525px; max-width: 700px; position: relative; width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 525px;\"><\/div>\n<div data-action-value=\"1*0q1ihm1mNfoCHvRbloYTqQ.jpeg\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-height=\"2557\" data-image- data-scroll=\"native\" data-width=\"3409\" style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background 0.2s; width: 700px;\"><canvas height=\"55\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0.5s, opacity 0.1s 0.4s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 700px;\" width=\"75\"><\/canvas><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/10q1ihm1mNfoCHvRbloYTqQ.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/10q1ihm1mNfoCHvRbloYTqQ.jpg?w=640\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 1; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0s, opacity 0.4s 0s; visibility: visible; width: 700px; z-index: 100;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<div name=\"b620\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">I have good supply of tree sap, a veritable mini-river of the stuff:<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure name=\"7ed6\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 43px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; max-height: 525px; max-width: 700px; position: relative; width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 525px;\"><\/div>\n<div data-action-value=\"1*bJcEKCQU2kPaOqVpEEXy5g.jpeg\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-height=\"3456\" data-image- data-scroll=\"native\" data-width=\"4608\" style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background 0.2s; width: 700px;\"><canvas height=\"55\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0.5s, opacity 0.1s 0.4s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 700px;\" width=\"75\"><\/canvas><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1bJcEKCQU2kPaOqVpEEXy5g.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1bJcEKCQU2kPaOqVpEEXy5g.jpg?w=640\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 1; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0s, opacity 0.4s 0s; visibility: visible; width: 700px; z-index: 100;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<div name=\"211c\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">It is coming from a few unfortunate tree roots, victims of my latest trail project. Longest one yet, I created yet another video here:<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure name=\"5523\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 43px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; position: relative; width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/X7LQm-HfnxQ\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X7LQm-HfnxQ?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 393.4px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: , &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;cambria&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em;\">I also made a trail tour video followed by clips showing some of the critters that use the trails now:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 393.4px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/DsIxjJlmZXI\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DsIxjJlmZXI?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure name=\"3cd9\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 43px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; position: relative; width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 393.4px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; height: 393.4px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 700px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-height=\"480\" data-media- data-width=\"854\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/media\/8c5ea24230f13c3ce8a0b267f565b4a8?postId=c48533798b9f\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 393.4px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transform: translateZ(0px); width: 700px;\" width=\"700\"><\/iframe><span style=\"font-family: , &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;cambria&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em;\">We have been dog sitting Irina\u2019s poodle puppy. They love to play tug-of-war:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure name=\"e678\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 43px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; max-height: 525px; max-width: 700px; position: relative; width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 525px;\"><\/div>\n<div data-action-value=\"1*tqLFiNLb7oTboYjVx_O1bg.jpeg\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-height=\"3456\" data-image- data-scroll=\"native\" data-width=\"4608\" style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background 0.2s; width: 700px;\"><canvas height=\"55\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0.5s, opacity 0.1s 0.4s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 700px;\" width=\"75\"><\/canvas><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1tqLFiNLb7oTboYjVx_O1bg.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1tqLFiNLb7oTboYjVx_O1bg.jpg?w=640\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 1; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0s, opacity 0.4s 0s; visibility: visible; width: 700px; z-index: 100;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<div name=\"8e7b\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">And they like to wrestle:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-count=\"2\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 52px auto 0px; max-width: 1020px; padding-left: 10px; position: relative; width: 1020px;\"><\/p>\n<figure data-scroll=\"native\" name=\"c18a\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px -10px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 5px 5px 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: 505.188px; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; position: relative; width: 505.188px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 378.888px;\"><\/div>\n<div data-action-value=\"1*wYAteadFM_JYAWA7wI12NQ.jpeg\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-height=\"2048\" data-image- data-scroll=\"native\" data-width=\"2732\" style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: 378.888px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background 0.2s; width: 505.188px;\"><canvas height=\"55\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 378.888px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0.5s, opacity 0.1s 0.4s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 505.188px;\" width=\"75\"><\/canvas><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1wYAteadFM_JYAWA7wI12NQ.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1wYAteadFM_JYAWA7wI12NQ.jpg?w=640\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 378.888px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 1; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0s, opacity 0.4s 0s; visibility: visible; width: 505.188px; z-index: 100;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure data-scroll=\"native\" name=\"fb64\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; clear: none; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 5px 5px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: 504.8px; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; position: relative; width: 504.8px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 378.6px;\"><\/div>\n<div data-action-value=\"1*CUZU6rQLVfrbNJQjUSPA9A.jpeg\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-height=\"2852\" data-image- data-scroll=\"native\" data-width=\"3803\" style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: 378.6px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background 0.2s; width: 504.8px;\"><canvas height=\"55\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 378.6px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0.5s, opacity 0.1s 0.4s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 504.8px;\" width=\"75\"><\/canvas><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1CUZU6rQLVfrbNJQjUSPA9A.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1CUZU6rQLVfrbNJQjUSPA9A.jpg?w=640\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 378.6px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 1; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0s, opacity 0.4s 0s; visibility: visible; width: 504.8px; z-index: 100;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 52px auto 0px; max-width: 740px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; position: relative; width: 740px;\">\n<div name=\"1f4a\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">Sometimes they wrestle themselves into a merged creature:<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure name=\"e8db\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 43px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; max-height: 525px; max-width: 700px; position: relative; width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 525px;\"><\/div>\n<div data-action-value=\"1*pWF7z5WVRi56_iG-mrqRlQ.jpeg\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-height=\"2898\" data-image- data-scroll=\"native\" data-width=\"3864\" style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background 0.2s; width: 700px;\"><canvas height=\"55\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0.5s, opacity 0.1s 0.4s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 700px;\" width=\"75\"><\/canvas><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1pWF7z5WVRi56_iG-mrqRlQ.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1pWF7z5WVRi56_iG-mrqRlQ.jpg?w=640\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 1; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0s, opacity 0.4s 0s; visibility: visible; width: 700px; z-index: 100;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<div name=\"f842\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">Then they get pretty tuckered out:<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure name=\"8044\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 43px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; max-height: 525px; max-width: 700px; position: relative; width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 525px;\"><\/div>\n<div data-action-value=\"1*ASECAebG0sQAUu3INfiPEA.jpeg\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-height=\"2388\" data-image- data-scroll=\"native\" data-width=\"3184\" style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background 0.2s; width: 700px;\"><canvas height=\"55\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0.5s, opacity 0.1s 0.4s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 700px;\" width=\"75\"><\/canvas><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1_1ASECAebG0sQAUu3INfiPEA.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1_1ASECAebG0sQAUu3INfiPEA.jpg?w=640\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 525px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 1; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0s, opacity 0.4s 0s; visibility: visible; width: 700px; z-index: 100;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<div name=\"992a\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">In high tech projects, I made a video about our talking mailbox:<\/div>\n<div name=\"79fd\" style=\"box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157) 0px 1px 4px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0901961) 0px 0px 0px 1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.439216); display: table; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 43px; max-height: 280px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 700px;\"><a data-href=\"http:\/\/misterhouse.blogspot.com\/2016\/10\/mailbox-driveway-and-door-sensors.html\" href=\"http:\/\/misterhouse.blogspot.com\/2016\/10\/mailbox-driveway-and-door-sensors.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: table-cell; padding: 20px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"http:\/\/misterhouse.blogspot.com\/2016\/10\/mailbox-driveway-and-door-sensors.html\"><span style=\"color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.901961); display: block; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.3; margin-bottom: -8px;\">Mailbox, driveway, and door sensors<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.6); display: block; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: -1px; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden;\">Does your mailbox yearn to tell you when your mail has arrived, but it has no voice? Teach your mailbox, driveway, and\u2026<\/span>misterhouse.blogspot.com<\/a><a data-media-id=\"2af1a7904282a9940875735cbe216b3b\" data-thumbnail-img-=\"data-thumbnail-img-\" href=\"http:\/\/misterhouse.blogspot.com\/2016\/10\/mailbox-driveway-and-door-sensors.html\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/d262ilb51hltx0.cloudfront.net\/fit\/c\/200\/200\/0*0cYkRmhNmOAPGq6o.&quot;); background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0901961) 0px 0px 0px 1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; height: 160px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 160px;\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div name=\"1038\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">In low tech projects, I glued my phone (loose cover):<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure name=\"f27a\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 43px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; max-height: 394px; max-width: 700px; position: relative; width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 394.1px;\"><\/div>\n<div data-action-value=\"1*IL4tRh3yM4rxU-gxNS7zbQ.jpeg\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-height=\"2592\" data-image- data-scroll=\"native\" data-width=\"4608\" style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: 394px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background 0.2s; width: 700px;\"><canvas height=\"41\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 394px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0.5s, opacity 0.1s 0.4s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 700px;\" width=\"75\"><\/canvas><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1IL4tRh3yM4rxU-gxNS7zbQ.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1IL4tRh3yM4rxU-gxNS7zbQ.jpg?w=640\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 394px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 1; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0s, opacity 0.4s 0s; visibility: visible; width: 700px; z-index: 100;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<div name=\"d768\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">Any guesses as to who this guy is?<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure name=\"677c\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 43px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; max-height: 519px; max-width: 700px; position: relative; width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 519.388px;\"><\/div>\n<div data-action-value=\"1*iYRUl3sWJgkx33XvmMm2vQ.jpeg\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-height=\"640\" data-image- data-scroll=\"native\" data-width=\"863\" style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: 519px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background 0.2s; width: 700px;\"><canvas height=\"55\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 519px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0.5s, opacity 0.1s 0.4s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 700px;\" width=\"75\"><\/canvas><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1iYRUl3sWJgkx33XvmMm2vQ.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1iYRUl3sWJgkx33XvmMm2vQ.jpg?w=640\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 519px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 1; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0s, opacity 0.4s 0s; visibility: visible; width: 700px; z-index: 100;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<div name=\"9f8f\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">I wasn\u2019t sure either. The beard threw me. Zach and friends went hiking on the high mountain plateau in Montana:<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure name=\"8c6d\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 43px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; max-height: 427px; max-width: 700px; position: relative; width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 427px;\"><\/div>\n<div data-action-value=\"1*R3YZaHfeJZBG6mHYx4fveg.jpeg\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-height=\"625\" data-image- data-scroll=\"native\" data-width=\"1025\" style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: 427px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background 0.2s; width: 700px;\"><canvas height=\"45\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 427px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0.5s, opacity 0.1s 0.4s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 700px;\" width=\"75\"><\/canvas><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1R3YZaHfeJZBG6mHYx4fveg.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1R3YZaHfeJZBG6mHYx4fveg.jpg?w=640\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 427px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 1; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0s, opacity 0.4s 0s; visibility: visible; width: 700px; z-index: 100;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<div name=\"db21\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">Meanwhile, in SF CA, Max is a busy boy. Learning to drive before it is too late and the self driving cars take over:<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure name=\"3787\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 43px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; max-height: 467px; max-width: 700px; position: relative; width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 466.888px;\"><\/div>\n<div data-action-value=\"1*seXG7t6ATfw5zYK78ITCYQ.jpeg\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-height=\"1367\" data-image- data-scroll=\"native\" data-width=\"2048\" style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: 466.888px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background 0.2s; width: 700px;\"><canvas height=\"49\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 466.888px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0.5s, opacity 0.1s 0.4s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 700px;\" width=\"75\"><\/canvas><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1seXG7t6ATfw5zYK78ITCYQ.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1seXG7t6ATfw5zYK78ITCYQ.jpg?w=640\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 466.888px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 1; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0s, opacity 0.4s 0s; visibility: visible; width: 700px; z-index: 100;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<div name=\"289d\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">His first camping trip:<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure name=\"4201\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 43px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; max-height: 467px; max-width: 700px; position: relative; width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 466.888px;\"><\/div>\n<div data-action-value=\"1*WS5mRoa9rrSrw5dv-SBxww.jpeg\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-height=\"1367\" data-image- data-scroll=\"native\" data-width=\"2048\" style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: 466.888px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background 0.2s; width: 700px;\"><canvas height=\"49\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 466.888px; left: 0px; margin: auto; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: visibility 0s linear 0.5s, opacity 0.1s 0.4s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 700px;\" width=\"75\"><\/canvas><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1WS5mRoa9rrSrw5dv-SBxww.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1WS5mRoa9rrSrw5dv-SBxww.jpg?w=640\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; 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position: relative; width: 740px;\">\n<div name=\"acd9\" style=\"font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">And he still likes to fly:<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure name=\"0ee1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 43px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; z-index: 100;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; max-height: 1049px; max-width: 700px; position: relative; width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 1049.3px;\"><\/div>\n<div data-action-value=\"1*Sp2I9nUGudLOWsojlsPicw.jpeg\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-height=\"2000\" data-image- data-scroll=\"native\" data-width=\"1334\" style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: 1049px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background 0.2s; width: 700px;\"><canvas height=\"75\" style=\"backface-visibility: hidden; 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font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 38px;\">Bruce<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posthistoric Ant Remember those prehistoric mosquitoes that were preserved in tree sap in Jurassic Park? I was inspired to preserve a present day ant so that people (or maybe aliens) will have something to play with in a few million years: I have good supply of tree sap, a veritable mini-river of the stuff: It&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/10q1ihm1mNfoCHvRbloYTqQ.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2475,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/2475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}