{"id":15479,"date":"2014-02-15T21:23:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T03:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=15479"},"modified":"2014-02-15T21:23:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T03:23:00","slug":"something-strange-in-this-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2014\/02\/15\/something-strange-in-this-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Something strange in this picture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday I worked on the antenna and &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; sat outside\u2026 The temps got up to mid 60\u2019s no wind or very little and it sure was enjoyable since the past weeks , maybe months have been just damn cold\u2026 but as good as that was it was a bit strange\u2026 setting out on the deck and I had this view? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1-20140213_171025.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-20140213_171025\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-20140213_171025\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1-20140213_171025_thumb.jpg?resize=629%2C355\" width=\"629\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>The antenna work\u2026? 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