{"id":1523,"date":"2009-11-21T19:51:42","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T02:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2014-07-04T23:32:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-05T06:32:40","slug":"ladybug-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/21\/ladybug-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladybug Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/4122988553\/\" title=\"ladybug convention by coffeejitters, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2723\/4122988553_985f7563f2_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"ladybugs on a park bench\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/4123759206\/\" title=\"ladybugs on a park bench by coffeejitters, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2616\/4123759206_f0e735afbb_z.jpg?resize=640%2C458\" width=\"640\" height=\"458\" alt=\"ladybug convention\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/4122989589\/\" title=\"ladybug convention by coffeejitters, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2783\/4122989589_102428ee9f_z.jpg?resize=640%2C458\" width=\"640\" height=\"458\" alt=\"lady bugs on a park bench\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/4123760310\/\" title=\"congregation of lady bugs by coffeejitters, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2738\/4123760310_e0032dc771_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"ladybugs on a park bench\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos of a convention of lady bugs found along Ship Canal in Seattle, Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos of a convention of lady bugs found along Ship Canal in Seattle, Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[697],"tags":[574,18,438,185,440,246,439],"class_list":["post-1523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seattle-living-well","tag-awesome-in-seattle","tag-critters","tag-ladybugs","tag-mother-nature","tag-park","tag-photography","tag-ship-canal","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","full":""},"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\/"},"18":{"name":"critters","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/critters\/"},"438":{"name":"ladybugs","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/ladybugs\/"},"185":{"name":"Mother Nature","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/mother-nature\/"},"440":{"name":"park","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/park\/"},"246":{"name":"photography","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/photography\/"},"439":{"name":"Ship Canal","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/ship-canal\/"}},"comments_number":0,"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1fDeG-oz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8317,"url":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/28\/listen-mother\/","url_meta":{"origin":1523,"position":0},"title":"Listen to Your Mother","author":"Judy Schwartz Haley","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm supposed to be on vacation right now. 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