{"id":724,"date":"2008-11-07T18:07:52","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T23:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=724"},"modified":"2008-11-07T19:33:12","modified_gmt":"2008-11-08T00:33:12","slug":"fall-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=724","title":{"rendered":"Fall leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We just got back from a walk around our neighborhood and through the woods. The fall colors exploded today. I <a href=\"http:\/\/toonecycling.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/07\/fall-commute\/\" target=\"_blank\">took some pictures<\/a> of the beautiful trees on my commute home from work today. Then we went for a walk and got some more pictures. Fall is so beautiful in Birmingham!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-724 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?attachment_id=725'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1309-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1309-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1309.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-725'>\n\t\t\t\tAnalise smiles for a picture as she dances around &#8220;her tree&#8221; &#8212; the tree we planted for her when she was just 6 months old.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?attachment_id=726'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1310-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1310-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1310.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-726'>\n\t\t\t\tThis tree is easily the prettiest in our neighborhood during the fall season, but it has already lost most of its leaves and just left a blanket on the ground\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?attachment_id=727'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1318-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1318-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1318.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-727'>\n\t\t\t\tClose-up of the blanket of leaves\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?attachment_id=728'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1322-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1322-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1322.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-728'>\n\t\t\t\tJosiah was walking beside me when he suddenly turned around and said &#8220;i left my fruit snacks &#8230; gotta get my fruit snacks&#8221; and off he trotted down the trail towards the stroller you can see in the distance\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?attachment_id=729'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1323-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1323-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1323.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-729'>\n\t\t\t\tThis is the trail analise and i take every tuesday and thursday to get to school\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?attachment_id=730'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1327-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1327-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1327.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-730'>\n\t\t\t\tAnalise said the other day that this was the trail we take when poppa dale comes to visit &#8212; amazing that she would remember that from the one time we went down this trail months ago\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?attachment_id=731'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1330-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1330-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1330.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-731'>\n\t\t\t\tLooking up through the tall trees\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?attachment_id=732'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1331-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1331-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1331.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-732'>\n\t\t\t\tLooking up through the tall trees\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?attachment_id=733'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1333-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1333-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1333.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-733'>\n\t\t\t\tJosiah fell down right as I took this picture. I&#8217;m surprised I didn&#8217;t catch him in mid-air because the timing was just that close.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?attachment_id=734'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1334-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1334-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1334.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-734'>\n\t\t\t\tI running, I running\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?attachment_id=735'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1335-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1335-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1335.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-735'>\n\t\t\t\tI dry-brushed this image but left the colors alone &#8211; it was incredible with the sunlight making the leaves look like they were on fire!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?attachment_id=736'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1336-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1336-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1336.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-736'>\n\t\t\t\tAnalise was able to push Josiah up this steepest hill in our neighborhood, but only for about a foot or two before it started to roll back on top of her when she decided she was tired.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?attachment_id=737'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1339-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1339-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_1339.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-737'>\n\t\t\t\tAnalise and Josiah decided they needed a rest halfway up the hill in front of our house\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We just got back from a walk around our neighborhood and through the woods. The fall colors exploded today. I took some pictures of the beautiful trees on my commute home from work today. Then we went for a walk and got some more pictures. Fall is so beautiful in Birmingham!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":[34],"tags":[61,19],"class_list":["post-724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","tag-fall","tag-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkzLf-bG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":742,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions\/742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}