{"id":1773,"date":"2014-09-26T16:04:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T22:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2014-09-26T17:39:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T23:39:57","slug":"birthday-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=1773","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1774\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9706.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1774\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1774\" src=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9706-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen trees against the dark backdrop of fir and spruce trees.\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9706-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9706-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9706.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aspen trees against the dark backdrop of fir and spruce trees.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I went out wandering in the fall colors this morning.\u00a0 I think what makes the Rocky Mountain autumn so striking is the contrast between the bright yellows, oranges and reds, against the dark background of the evergreen trees.<\/p>\n<p>In other parts of the the state, the stands of aspen are huge.\u00a0 A friend in Aspen (the aptly named town) takes these <a href=\"http:\/\/catherinecussaguet.com\/fall-colors-festival-aspen-colorado\/\">photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I am very enamored with the way water droplets bead on aspen leaves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1775\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9680.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1775\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1775\" src=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9680-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen Leaves\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9680-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9680-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9680-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9680.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aspen Leaves<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And doubled enamored when the leaves are floating down a stream.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1776\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1776\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1776\" src=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9683-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen leaves with dual sparkles near the stem.  (Click for larger.)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9683-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9683-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9683-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-9683.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aspen leaves with dual sparkles near the stem. (Must click for larger.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1782\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-96901.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1782\" class=\"wp-image-1782 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-96901-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-96901-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-96901-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al-96901.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">. . .<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I went out wandering in the fall colors this morning.\u00a0 I think what makes the Rocky Mountain autumn so striking is the contrast between the bright yellows, oranges and reds, against the dark background of the evergreen trees. In &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=1773\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-1773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-fall-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1788,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions\/1788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}