{"id":4329,"date":"2021-12-19T14:12:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T23:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2021-12-19T14:14:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T23:44:02","slug":"another-day-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=4329","title":{"rendered":"Another day in the country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day-841x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day-841x1024.jpg 841w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day-768x935.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day-1262x1536.jpg 1262w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day-1683x2048.jpg 1683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had asked a friend to come with me on my annual pilgrimage to acquire the essential item for a Christmas eve supper, and for that we had headed south.  Because there had been a tremendous windstorm the day before, it was slow going as the highway department was blocking traffic to retrieve lost signs.  My friend likes to visit these shops to the east of town, so there we were.  They do grow all sorts of things, but this one is the crowd-pleasing favorite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"923\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day1-923x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day1-923x1024.jpg 923w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day1-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day1-768x852.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day1-1385x1536.jpg 1385w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day1-1847x2048.jpg 1847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I do know way more than any city person should about tractors, like this 1950&#8217;s one.  It&#8217;s no longer of any use, except as a decorative item (you just can&#8217;t get parts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day2-807x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day2-807x1024.jpg 807w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day2-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day2-768x975.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day2-1210x1536.jpg 1210w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day2-1613x2048.jpg 1613w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day2-scaled.jpg 2017w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And what does one do when an ancient tree is no more?  Why you just carve an image of the favorite vegetable that&#8217;s grown in the area.  (Note:  most chilis do not wear sunglasses, this is artistic license).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day3-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day3-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day3-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day3-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/day3-2048x1534.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone thought that this vintage sewing machine was obsolete (it&#8217;s not, I have one, it&#8217;s nearly as old as me and it still sews fine), so they turned it into a tractor (obviously too much time on their hands).  Or perhaps they couldn&#8217;t get parts and couldn&#8217;t bear to throw it away, so they turned it into this, another non-functional tractor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then it was onward to the Italian market, and the tamale place, and we were both set for the impending holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had asked a friend to come with me on my annual pilgrimage to acquire the essential item for a Christmas eve supper, and for that we had headed south. Because there had been a tremendous windstorm the day before, it was slow going as the highway department was blocking traffic to retrieve lost signs. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=4329\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Another day in the country<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doings"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4329"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4335,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions\/4335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}