{"id":62921,"date":"2022-06-21T05:54:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T12:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=62921"},"modified":"2022-06-22T06:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T13:34:28","slug":"christmas-is-six-months-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=62921","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Is Six Months Away! It&#8217;s The Longest Day Of The Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Fact: The word &#8220;solstice&#8221; comes from the Latin words sol &#8220;Sun&#8221; and stitium &#8220;standing.&#8221;<\/strong> On the summer solstice, the Sun&#8217;s path stops advancing northward each day and appears to &#8220;stand&#8221; still in the sky before going back the other way.\u00a0 On this day, the Sun rises farthest left on the horizon and sets at its rightmost possible spot.\u00a0 Sunlight strikes places in your home that get illuminated at no other time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We were up pretty early as Paul had a medical procedure at 11:30 in Los Alamitos.\u00a0 We went to the fire pit for a while.\u00a0 The old man could not have any food or drink, so Dr. Mary decided she would do the same.<\/p>\n<p>The 11:30 AM procedure just took about thirty minutes.\u00a0 Why was the surgeon screaming &#8220;Typhoid, Measles, Tetanus!&#8221; in the hospital hallway?\u00a0 He liked to call the shots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62929\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/oops.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/oops.jpg.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/oops.jpg-125x150.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the procedure, we went to Old Ranch for lunch.\u00a0 \u00a0We had a delightful time and stayed there until almost 4:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>I surprised Mary and arranged for a golf cart, and we drove the eighteen holes; she was amazed at how big Old Ranch was.\u00a0 On the way out, we spotted Charlotte and asked her to have a drink with us when we returned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62926\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62926\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62926\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-001-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-001-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-001-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-001.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-62926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The golfers visit the baby ducks.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the way back to the clubhouse, we ran into Wayne (Bullwinkle) and Rocky.\u00a0 They joined us for another drink after Charlotte departed!\u00a0 Seeing them again was fun.\u00a0 We sat for a good hour and recalled the past Old Ranch adventures.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62927\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62927\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62927\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-002-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-002-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-002-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-002.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-62927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was a beautiful day!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We headed home about 4:15 PM after a great afternoon of recovering and meeting friends.<\/p>\n<p>We both lay down for a nap and woke at about 8:00 PM.\u00a0 I already want to take a nap tomorrow. I\u2019m so good at sleeping I can do it with my eyes closed.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mary checked me over and gave me the thumbs up!\u00a0 \u00a0We sat until 10:00 PM, looking at magazines and talking about &#8220;stuff.&#8221;\u00a0 I am so grateful to have my best friend with me 24&#215;7.<\/p>\n<p>I remembered this quote, &#8220;A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.\u00a0 The man who never reads lives only one.&#8221; Oh, how true!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62928\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62928\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62928\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-003-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-003-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-003-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-003-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-21-003.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-62928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What shall we cook next?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We finally crashed about 10:30 PM and then I feel this &#8220;tap tap tap&#8221; on my ffrorehead.\u00a0 MAry says, &#8220;Get up, it is raining&#8221;.\u00a0 Sure enough, it was raining so Mary and I moved the BBQ under the patio cover and covered the chairs by the firepit.<\/p>\n<p>I think that&#8217;s why I went to sleep so fast because we could hear the rain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact: The word &#8220;solstice&#8221; comes from the Latin words sol &#8220;Sun&#8221; and stitium &#8220;standing.&#8221; On the summer solstice, the Sun&#8217;s path stops advancing northward each day and appears to &#8220;stand&#8221; still in the sky before going back the other way.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=62921\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[228,24,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctor","category-food-and-wine","category-friends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62921"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62931,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62921\/revisions\/62931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}