{"id":3057,"date":"2011-08-03T00:04:02","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T07:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=3057"},"modified":"2014-07-25T22:07:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T05:07:49","slug":"bagpipes-and-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/03\/bagpipes-and-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagpipes and the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beautiful day by the ocean in Moclips, Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The sun was shining, but it wasn&#8217;t too hot.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron got out his bagpipes and played to the sea. It&#8217;s not so loud when the pipes are competing with the surf&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea\/bagpipes-and-the-sea-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6319\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6319\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/03\/bagpipes-and-the-sea\/bagpipes-and-the-sea-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?fit=2112%2C1402\" data-orig-size=\"2112,1402\" 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=\"bagpipes-and-the-sea\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;bagpiper in silhouette on the beach &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?fit=640%2C424\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6319\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?resize=640%2C424\" alt=\"bagpipes and the sea\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?resize=640%2C424 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was quite a bit of wind stirring the dust and sand, and making for some interesting visual effects.<\/p>\n<p><a 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-baby-beach.png?fit=640%2C424\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-baby-beach.png?resize=640%2C424\" alt=\"baby and bagpiper on the beach\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-baby-beach.png?resize=640%2C424 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-baby-beach.png?resize=300%2C199 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-baby-beach.png?w=1000 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea\/bagpiper-on-the-beach\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6321\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" 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The sun was shining, but it wasn&#8217;t too hot. Aaron got out his bagpipes and played to the sea. It&#8217;s not so loud when the pipes are competing with the surf&#8230; There was quite a bit of wind stirring the dust and sand, and making for some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6319,"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_seo_schema_type":"","_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":[768,761,694],"tags":[21,481,92,246,406,521,685],"class_list":["post-3057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure-living-well","category-family-living-well","category-living-well","tag-bagpipes","tag-beach","tag-ocean","tag-photography","tag-the-husband","tag-washington-coast","tag-washington-state-2","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\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?fit=2112%2C1402","blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?resize=150%2C150",150,150,true],"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?fit=2112%2C1402",2112,1402,false]},"categories_names":{"768":{"name":"Adventure","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/life-skills\/adventure-living-well\/"},"761":{"name":"Family","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/living-well\/family-living-well\/"},"694":{"name":"Living Well","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/living-well\/"}},"tags_names":{"21":{"name":"bagpipes","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/bagpipes\/"},"481":{"name":"Beach","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/beach\/"},"92":{"name":"ocean","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/ocean\/"},"246":{"name":"photography","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/photography\/"},"406":{"name":"The Husband","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/the-husband\/"},"521":{"name":"Washington Coast","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/washington-coast\/"},"685":{"name":"washington state","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/washington-state-2\/"}},"comments_number":0,"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?resize=150%2C150",150,150,true],"cvmm-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?resize=300%2C300",300,300,true],"cvmm-medium-plus":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?resize=305%2C207",305,207,true],"cvmm-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?resize=400%2C600",400,600,true],"cvmm-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?resize=600%2C600",600,600,true],"cvmm-large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?resize=1024%2C1024",1024,1024,true],"cvmm-small":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?resize=130%2C95",130,95,true],"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bagpipes-and-the-sea.png?fit=2112%2C1402",2112,1402,false]},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1fDeG-Nj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":283,"url":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/07\/30\/the-original-marching-bands\/","url_meta":{"origin":3057,"position":0},"title":"The Original Marching Bands","author":"Judy Schwartz Haley","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"Part of the ritual of the Highland games is the massing of the bands. 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