{"id":698,"date":"2011-02-02T17:52:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T22:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=698"},"modified":"2011-02-02T17:55:10","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T22:55:10","slug":"wild-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=698","title":{"rendered":"Wild Weather&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you see the photos in this blog post, you&#8217;ll understand my comment in Groundhog Day where I said no self-respecting groundhog would venture out of his hole.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-699\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"winter storm - Feb 2, 2011\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside the back door this morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-700\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"winter storm - Feb 2, 2011\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside the back door<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-701\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-701\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Winter storm - Feb 2, 2011\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm3.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking up my street around 7:15 this morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-702\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Winter storm - Feb 2, 2011\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm4.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Home safe and sound and tucked into the garage. Tight squeeze eh?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-703\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-703\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Winter storm - Feb 2, 2011\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm5.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wee abode <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-704\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/storm6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Winter storm - 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