{"id":13975,"date":"2024-08-25T06:32:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T13:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=13975"},"modified":"2024-08-25T06:35:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T13:35:02","slug":"smalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2024\/08\/smalls\/","title":{"rendered":"Smalls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I spotted the tiniest monarch caterpillars on one of the milkweed varieties in the circle garden. It&#8217;s late in the season. I don&#8217;t know what will happen to this one, but I wish it well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/img_8920-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"258\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/img_8920-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/img_8920-1-edited.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/img_8920-1-edited-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Monarch caterpillar <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also visited the scarlet runner beans. They are planted in an awkward spot, through the squash jungle, but I wanted to see how they were doing. As expected, I saw a hummingbird. They love the runner bean flowers. This one was happy to rest on this tendril for quite a while. Usually they are flitting about madly. I could even see her flicking her tongue in and out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/img_8922-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/img_8922-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/img_8922-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/img_8922-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Female hummingbird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/img_8921-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/img_8921-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/img_8921-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/img_8921-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hummingbird close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spotted the tiniest monarch caterpillars on one of the milkweed varieties in the circle garden. It&#8217;s late in the season. I don&#8217;t know what will happen to this one, but I wish it&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-garden"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/img_8921-1-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13975"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13980,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13975\/revisions\/13980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}