{"id":2953,"date":"2012-06-20T22:01:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T03:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svmedaris.wordpress.com\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2012-06-20T22:01:04","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T03:01:04","slug":"last-light-on-the-longest-day-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketweightpress.com\/here\/last-light-on-the-longest-day-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Last light on the longest day of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost perfect ending to the longest day of the year (June 20, 2012). Almost? Because those awesome rain clouds in background just missed us, and we NEED rain! (NOTE: click any image to enlarge)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/shandy_dogs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"S.V. Medaris with Shandy dogs\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/shandy_dogs.jpg\" alt=\"stormy sunset with dogs, woman and beer\" width=\"420\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perfect in every other way<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/potosi_callout.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Potosi's excellent Steamboat Shandy\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/potosi_callout.jpg\" alt=\"closeup of Potosi Brewery's Steamboat Shandy\" width=\"200\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great Shandy&#8211;better than the others (local and not) I&#8217;ve tried. Click to enlarge photo.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(those of you not in this area should know we have been without rain for a long time now).<\/p>\n<p>Hey, what&#8217;s the awesome beer you&#8217;re drinking (you ask)? Well, it&#8217;s the best shandy I&#8217;ve tasted yet (already mixed shandy that is, since you already know&#8211;Mom&#8211;that the best shandies are made with &#8220;regular&#8221; beer and real lemonade that you physically mix together yourself). It&#8217;s <a title=\"Potosi\" href=\"http:\/\/www.potosibrewery.com\/index.cfm\"><strong>Potosi<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s <a title=\"Steamboat Shandy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.potosibrewery.com\/ourbeer.cfm\">Steamboat Shandy<\/a>. Not only does it taste great, but I just noticed on the label that it says <em><strong>All Profits to Charity<\/strong><\/em>. That&#8217;s awesome! Wait, <strong>all<\/strong>?!? Is that even possible??! I think this calls for a trip and tour of <a title=\"Potosi Brewery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.potosibrewery.com\/index.cfm\"><strong>Potosi Brewery<\/strong><\/a> to find out, sometime soon :-)<\/p>\n<p>Where&#8217;s the boy(s) you ask? Right here. Chillin&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/the_boys.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The boys chillin' and guardin'\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/the_boys.jpg\" alt=\"man and his dogs relaxing in evening light\" width=\"420\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chillin&#8217;&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;and guardin&#8217;:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/coyote_lookout.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Coyote lookout\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/coyote_lookout.jpg\" alt=\"Little rat-jack terrier sits in lap and looks out for possible coyotes\" width=\"420\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dex is on high alert watchin&#8217; for coyotes. So far, he&#8217;s always the first to spot them coming from the west.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/good_dog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"good dog!\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/good_dog.jpg\" alt=\"woman smiles and scratches small dog\" width=\"430\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFavorite place in the world to be&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/zuzu.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Pretty Zuzu\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/zuzu.jpg\" alt=\"Zuzu, jack-rat terrier lies in grass\" width=\"150\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;at home with the family&#8211;relaxing after a run, and AFTER several weeks\/months of hard-core production on <em><a title=\"Tunnel of Mortality\" href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/08\/tunnel-of-mortality-and-much-more-friday-night\/\">The Tunnel of Mortality<\/a><\/em> (currently at <em><a title=\"Artisan Gallery photos of installation of S.V. Medaris' Tunnel of Mortality\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.430195957014147.100564.108670179166728&amp;type=3\">Artisan Gallery<\/a><\/em>, Paoli, WI), with the install behind me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my girl (at right), sort of on the lookout too. She&#8217;s better at seeing small bugs, microscopic critters and possibly invisible beings.<\/p>\n<p>And the fireflies came out before the light disappeared completely:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/firefly.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"firefly in dark field\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/firefly.jpg\" title=\"firefly\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"430\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pretty perfect evening.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost perfect ending to the longest day of the year (June 20, 2012). Almost? 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