{"id":1228,"date":"2022-08-15T15:14:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T23:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2022-08-15T15:14:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T23:14:20","slug":"1184-love-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=1228","title":{"rendered":"1184. Love in the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1184.-Love-in-the-Sky_blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1184.-Love-in-the-Sky_blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1229\"\/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariko-irie.com\/loveinskysonoma.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.mariko-irie.com\/loveinskysonoma.html\">&#8220;1184. Love in the Sky&#8221; Oil painting by Mariko Irie<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This location is Tolay Lake Regional Park CA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a 3434-acre property located in the hills southeast of Petaluma, between the Petaluma River and Sonoma Valley, for ecological and archaeological preservation, as well as public use and enjoyment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the entrance, there is a parking lot under trees picnic tables and a Farm Stand building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then big open field and sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s go for a hike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The park rangers in their uniform patrol on horses not by car. It makes me smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are so kind and guide us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I just read a book \u201c The Sense of Wonder\u201d by Rachel Carson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the book, \u201c Take time to listen and talk about the voice of the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This place is great for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last page of the book, \u201cThe lasting pleasure of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea, and sky and their amazing life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a fantastic life&#x1f60a;&#x1f49e;&#x1f33b;&#x1f308;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This location is Tolay Lake Regional Park CA. It\u2019s a 3434-acre property located in the hills southeast of Petaluma, between the Petaluma River and Sonoma Valley, for ecological and archaeological preservation, as well as public use and enjoyment. At the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=1228\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25,31,79,89],"class_list":["post-1228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paintings-watercolor-oil","tag-colorful","tag-field","tag-sky","tag-tolay-lake-sonoma-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}