{"id":1266,"date":"2009-07-31T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2014-08-15T23:56:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T06:56:19","slug":"playtime-cancelled-on-account-of-sunshine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/31\/playtime-cancelled-on-account-of-sunshine\/","title":{"rendered":"Playtime cancelled on account of sunshine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As long as we&#8217;ve lived here, this play area has been full of kids during daylight hours. While it&#8217;s usually empty overnight, I&#8217;ve never seen it look as lonely as it did\u00a0Wednesday, when\u00a0we hit a record 105 degrees in Seattle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/playtime-cancelled-on-account-of-sunshine\/playground-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6800\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6800\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/31\/playtime-cancelled-on-account-of-sunshine\/playground-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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=\"playground-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"Playground - CoffeeJitters.Net\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/playtime-cancelled-on-account-of-sunshine\/plaground-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6799\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6799\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/31\/playtime-cancelled-on-account-of-sunshine\/plaground-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/plaground-2.jpg?fit=640%2C480\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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=\"playground-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/plaground-2.jpg?fit=640%2C480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6799\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/plaground-2.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"playground - CoffeeJitters\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/plaground-2.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/plaground-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/playtime-cancelled-on-account-of-sunshine\/playground-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6801\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6801\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/31\/playtime-cancelled-on-account-of-sunshine\/playground-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-3.jpg?fit=640%2C480\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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=\"playground-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-3.jpg?fit=640%2C480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6801\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-3.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"Playground - CoffeeJitters.Net\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-3.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Playtime cancelled on account of sunshine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One year ago: <a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=284\">and you thought haggis was strange<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As long as we&#8217;ve lived here, this play area has been full of kids during daylight hours. While it&#8217;s usually empty overnight, I&#8217;ve never seen it look as lonely as it did\u00a0Wednesday, when\u00a0we hit a record 105 degrees in Seattle. &nbsp; Playtime cancelled on account of sunshine. &nbsp; One year ago: and you thought haggis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[697],"tags":[574,427,283,74],"class_list":["post-1266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seattle-living-well","tag-awesome-in-seattle","tag-play","tag-public-art","tag-weather","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480","blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150",150,150,true],"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480",640,480,false]},"categories_names":{"697":{"name":"Seattle","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/life-skills\/adventure-living-well\/seattle-living-well\/"}},"tags_names":{"574":{"name":"awesome in seattle","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/awesome-in-seattle\/"},"427":{"name":"play","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/play\/"},"283":{"name":"public art","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/public-art\/"},"74":{"name":"weather","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/weather\/"}},"comments_number":0,"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150",150,150,true],"cvmm-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300",300,300,true],"cvmm-medium-plus":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?resize=305%2C207",305,207,true],"cvmm-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?resize=400%2C480",400,480,true],"cvmm-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?resize=600%2C480",600,480,true],"cvmm-large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?resize=640%2C480",640,480,true],"cvmm-small":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?resize=130%2C95",130,95,true],"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/playground-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480",640,480,false]},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1fDeG-kq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":307,"url":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/08\/golden-gardens-seattle\/","url_meta":{"origin":1266,"position":0},"title":"Golden Gardens, Seattle","author":"Judy Schwartz Haley","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Seattle has no shortage of lovely spaces near the water, but Golden Gardens near Ballard is one of our favorite spots. 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