{"id":292,"date":"2013-04-15T23:25:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T03:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/?p=292"},"modified":"2013-04-15T23:27:13","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T03:27:13","slug":"peace-at-the-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/peace-at-the-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace at the Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this tragic day, when senseless acts of violence have hurt so many, I am grateful for the places of peace in our city.  Jamaica Pond is one of those places, an oasis of peace and calm amidst the chaos of the day.  We walked its shores, sirens continually wailing along the Jamaica Way as emergency vehicles rushed downtown.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_293\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013_04_15_boathouse.jpg\" alt=\"Boathouse and willow\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013_04_15_boathouse.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013_04_15_boathouse-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamaica Pond boathouse and a willow tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_294\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013_04_15_maple_willow.jpg\" alt=\"maple and willow flowers\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013_04_15_maple_willow.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013_04_15_maple_willow-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red maple and yellow willow flowers.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_295\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_295\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013_04_15_willows.jpg\" alt=\"Geese and willows\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013_04_15_willows.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013_04_15_willows-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_295\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pair of Canada geese swim the Pond with willows on either side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this tragic day, when senseless acts of violence have hurt so many, I am grateful for the places of peace in our city. Jamaica Pond is one of those places, an oasis of peace and calm amidst the chaos &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/peace-at-the-pond\/\">Continue reading <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":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,4],"tags":[64,72,63,108,5,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}