{"id":7837,"date":"2015-11-12T06:31:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T11:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=7837"},"modified":"2015-11-12T06:55:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T11:55:31","slug":"wind-in-the-willows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=7837","title":{"rendered":"Wind in the Willows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- This default template simple inserts each image with the correct width and height --><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid7835-DSCN2403.jpg?resize=904%2C431\" alt=\"\" width=\"904\" height=\"431\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eastern Fox Squirrel and Cotton Rat, National Butterfly Center, Mission TX<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Okay, so really this has nothing to do with wind or willows. This image makes me think of the book, <em>The Wind in Willows<\/em>, with its stories of humanized animal friends&#8230;Ratty, Mole, Toad, Badger, etc&#8230;mainly because it looks like Squirrly and Cotton here are enjoying a companionable meal together, under the feeders at the National Butterfly Center. You know, like nattering away between seeds about what is happening in the gardens, and how the kids did this summer, and the prospects for high temperatures today, etc. Yes, I know how anthropomorphic that is, but I can&#8217;t help it. <em>The Wind in the Willows, <\/em>despite its talking animals,\u00a0is one of my favorite books. In fact, after taking this pic, I downloaded a copy for my Kindle!<\/p>\n<p>Nikon P610 at 900mm equivalent field of view. 1\/60th @ ISO 640 @ f5.6. Processed in Lightroom. 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