{"id":2927,"date":"2020-08-13T14:48:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T18:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2020-08-20T19:20:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T23:20:42","slug":"august-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/august-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2020, first half"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This will be a single post for the month because I have not been able to get out very often due to the ongoing epidemic.  On top of that, the sunrises have often been clouded over, with little to no color.  So one shoots what is available, and that was often the dewdrops or raindrops on the lawn or shrubs.  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