{"id":2799,"date":"2011-04-29T05:36:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T10:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2011-04-29T05:36:29","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T10:36:29","slug":"the-final-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2011\/04\/the-final-four\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have only 1 day left to complete the <a href=\"http:\/\/v7n.com\" target=\"_blank\">V7N<\/a> photo scavenger hunt.  I decided I was letting the acceptable slip in search of the elusive great, so here are my final four acceptable interpretations.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/unbaked-bread.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/unbaked-bread.jpg\" alt=\"unbaked bread\" title=\"unbaked-bread\" width=\"350\" height=\"214\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/unbaked-bread.jpg 350w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/unbaked-bread-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/unbaked-bread-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA few weeks ago I made a challah, just in case I needed a photo for <em>bread<\/em>.  It wasn&#8217;t my best bread, as it stayed in the oven a few minutes too long so was a bit too dry.  Oh well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/service-bus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/service-bus.jpg\" alt=\"school bus\" title=\"service-bus\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/service-bus.jpg 350w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/service-bus-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/service-bus-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMy sweetie drove a school bus for a dozen years or so, so I know exactly how important, and challenging, that <em>service<\/em> is.  Out here in the sticks, kids from kindergarten through high school seniors are on the same bus, for upwards of an hour and a half a day.  Try controlling the chaos in that situation.  He managed to excel, doing it in a way so that he was the bus driver everyone wanted to have. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/peace-cem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/peace-cem.jpg\" alt=\"cemetary\" title=\"peace-cemetary\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/peace-cem.jpg 350w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/peace-cem-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/peace-cem-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI am not a woman who visits the graves of my family in cemeteries.  I do, however, stop by one near my house on occasion to appreciate its beauty.  I always gain a sense of calm, of <em>peace<\/em>, when I&#8217;m there wandering among the stones or sitting under a tree.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/random-deer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/random-deer.jpg\" alt=\"deer\" title=\"random-deer\" width=\"350\" height=\"319\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/random-deer.jpg 350w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/random-deer-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/random-deer-150x136.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI shot these three deer in my yard, only about 30 feet from the house, munching on grass and leaves.  I can only imagine that to them, life seems rather <em>random<\/em>.  Which of their fawns will survive its infancy, which be taken by predators?  Which adults will be killed on the road, or in the fall by hunters, or starve during a hard winter?  Which weird lady will let them eat whatever they want in her yard, which chase them away with her shouts or let her dogs out?<\/p>\n<p>Whew.  Glad I&#8217;m done.  I have GOT to get back to weaving, and to updating my website.  But right now, I&#8217;ve got to go substitute teach for a high school technology class. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have only 1 day left to complete the V7N photo scavenger hunt. I decided I was letting the acceptable slip in search of the elusive great, so here are my final four acceptable interpretations. A few weeks ago I made a challah, just in case I needed a photo for bread. 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