{"id":4629,"date":"2020-07-31T22:06:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T22:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/?p=4629"},"modified":"2020-08-08T16:20:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T16:20:35","slug":"bad-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/bad-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Care to guess what this is and where it came from?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200706-2741.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200706-2741.jpg?resize=640%2C378&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4627\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200706-2741.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20200706-2741\/\" class=\"wp-image-4627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200706-2741.jpg?resize=1024%2C604&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200706-2741.jpg?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200706-2741.jpg?resize=768%2C453&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200706-2741.jpg?resize=1536%2C906&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200706-2741.jpg?resize=2048%2C1209&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200706-2741.jpg?resize=850%2C502&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200706-2741.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200706-2741.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of these birds would be happy to eat it, the other would not: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:52.34083184583162%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-3165.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-3165.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-3165.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-3165.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-3165.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-3165.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-3165.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1512\" data-id=\"4601\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20200727-3165\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-3165.jpg\" data-width=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-3165.jpg\" 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1800w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-3074.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1770\" data-id=\"4602\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20200727-3074\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-3074.jpg\" data-width=\"2148\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-3074.jpg\" layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The white dog birthed it. He developed a 1&#8243; bump on his side with a small hole in the middle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200623-2428.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200623-2428.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4633\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20200623-2428\/\" class=\"wp-image-4633\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200702-2792.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200702-2792.jpg?resize=640%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4595\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200702-2792.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20200702-2792\/\" class=\"wp-image-4595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200702-2792.jpg?w=887&amp;ssl=1 887w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200702-2792.jpg?resize=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200702-2792.jpg?resize=768%2C600&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200702-2792.jpg?resize=850%2C664&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We thought it was a spider bite, but after seeing it grow for a week, the Internets taught us about warbles and blowflies.  The larvae uses the hole as an air snorkel.  After Helen extracted it, I stored it in a jar, hoping to see it hatch, but I think it died. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gray dog was a bad dog.  After extensively studying the elusive chipmunk:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200622-2406.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200622-2406.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4632\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She sadly caught one.  This is the only time I&#8217;ve seen Helen wo-man-handle a dog:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video autoplay controls loop muted playsinline src=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/chipmunk_meets_dog_small.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the chipmunk a few weeks later:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3176.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3176.jpg?resize=640%2C478&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3176.jpg?w=651&amp;ssl=1 651w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3176.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I setup a camera for a &#8216;stinky meat&#8217; time-lapse in the dog-free turtle pen zone: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717-2934.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717-2934.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717-2934.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717-2934.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717-2934.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717-2934.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717-2934.jpg?resize=850%2C638&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717-2934.jpg?w=2016&amp;ssl=1 2016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717-2934.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717-2934.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I double dog dare you to hit the play button below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/time_laps_chipmunk.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Those same tiny ants love to invade our house.  If they are the &#8216;sweet tooth&#8217; variant, Terro and poison works well.  If not, they ignore it, looking instead for more exotic foods like crackers or dead chipmunks.  I finally figured how to get them: a mix of crushed dog food, water, and borax, which is the ant-killing ingredient  in Terro:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200729-3174.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200729-3174.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200729-3174.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200729-3174.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200729-3174.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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She also does impressive drawings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:59.334309669256754%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721_121307.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721_121307.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721_121307.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721_121307.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200 1200w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721_121307.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500 1500w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721_121307.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800 1800w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721_121307.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1875\" data-id=\"4605\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20200721_121307\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721_121307.jpg\" data-width=\"2500\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721_121307.jpg\" layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:40.665690330743246%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721-3043.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721-3043.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721-3043.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721-3043.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200 1200w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721-3043.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500 1500w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721-3043.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800 1800w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721-3043.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"2295\" data-id=\"4608\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20200721-3043\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721-3043.jpg\" data-width=\"2094\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200721-3043.jpg\" layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick, Chloe, Max, &amp; Clark are moving from San Francisco  to Bellevue WA in a few weeks.  They are upgrading from a 2br\/1ba 1280 sqft apartment to a 5br\/3ba 3550 sqft house, for the same price!  They got tired of sleeping on top of each other:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nick_chloe_max_clark.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nick_chloe_max_clark.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nick_chloe_max_clark.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nick_chloe_max_clark.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nick_chloe_max_clark.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nick_chloe_max_clark.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nick_chloe_max_clark.jpg?resize=850%2C638&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nick_chloe_max_clark.jpg?w=2016&amp;ssl=1 2016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nick_chloe_max_clark.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nick_chloe_max_clark.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I upgraded our bedside clock to a smart clock:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HTML &amp; MQTT based smart clock for your smart house\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q55XKi0gTEk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We also upgraded the turtle to a smart turtle.   The tile allows us to beep him when he finds a new hiding place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200714-2898.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200714-2898.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200714-2898.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200714-2898.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200714-2898.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200714-2898.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200714-2898.jpg?resize=850%2C638&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200714-2898.jpg?w=2016&amp;ssl=1 2016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200714-2898.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200714-2898.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Closing with fishy but true story.   My brand new Bluetooth Google bud ear piece fell out of my ear while I was wading in our deepest fish pond.   After spending 2 hours cleaning out the muck from the bottom  hoping to find it, I gave up.  Several days later, I was amazed to see that a rainstorm had washed away some mud and exposed it in the mud pile I had dredged up:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3184.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3184.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3184.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3184.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200 1200w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3184.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500 1500w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3184.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800 1800w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3184.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1512\" data-id=\"4635\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20200730-3184\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3184.jpg\" data-width=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3184.jpg\" layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3183.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3183.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3183.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3183.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200 1200w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3183.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500 1500w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3183.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800 1800w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3183.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1512\" data-id=\"4598\" data-link=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/20200730-3183\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3183.jpg\" data-width=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200730-3183.jpg\" layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dried it out, crossed my fingers &#8230; it still works!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bruce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Care to guess what this is and where it came from? 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