{"id":232,"date":"2011-03-02T10:33:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T15:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=232"},"modified":"2011-03-02T10:33:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T15:33:27","slug":"2011-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"2011 &#8211; and . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>gosh it is already March and I have not posted anything! Well, I have been up to my ears in &#8220;stuff&#8221; to do.\u00a0 Unfortunately all work related and of course, taxes &#8211; ugh.\u00a0 But completed most of it and now I have some &#8220;me&#8221; time and that means &#8220;art time&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I have been busy working on some gourds and just came back from the gourd show in East Palatka.\u00a0 What a wonderful show.\u00a0 It seemed a bit smaller but the vendors were all terrific.\u00a0 I\u00a0 purchased more gourds and lots of supplies. Some of my favorite gourd farmers were there &#8211; Tom from Mississippi, Ghost Creek Gourds and Pumpkin Hollow.\u00a0 I am working up some new designs and when fall comes around I should be ready for the shows.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few photos taken last week when we had some very foggy mornings but lots of bird activity on the river.\u00a0 This is the first spoonbill I have seen on the shoreline since Hurricane Francis &amp; Jean.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!!<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/White-Pelican-2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"233\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?attachment_id=233\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/White-Pelican-2.jpg?fit=200%2C133&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,133\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"White Pelican -2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/White-Pelican-2.jpg?fit=200%2C133&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-233\" title=\"White Pelican -2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/White-Pelican-2.jpg?resize=200%2C133\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Roseate-Spoonbill1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" 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