{"id":91149,"date":"2025-09-13T22:33:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T05:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=91149"},"modified":"2025-09-21T11:55:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:55:42","slug":"the-holiday-season-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=91149","title":{"rendered":"The Holiday Season Has Begun!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_91150\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91150\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91150\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/halloween-016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/halloween-016.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/halloween-016-650x919.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/halloween-016-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/halloween-016-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/halloween-016-100x141.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-91150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We went to Roger&#8217;s Gardens!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Halloween is only six weeks and a trip to the Caribbean away, so we thought we would start early when the selections are best!<\/p>\n<p>Robin stayed overnight last night and decided to go to Roger&#8217;s Gardens to start the holiday season, perhaps a wee bit early?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/halloween\/2025\/rogers\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See all the pictures here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_91160\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91160\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91160\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-100.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-100-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-100-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-100-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-100-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-91160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year, it was &#8220;The Midnight Market.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We arrived about 30 minutes after Rogers opened and were surprised that it was not crowded.\u00a0 As soon as I got there, I was looking for my necks victim.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever been kissed by a vampire? It\u2019s a pain in the neck!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_91151\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91151\" class=\"wp-image-91151 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-163.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-163-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-163-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-163-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-163-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-91151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Wal-Mart Greeter was at Roger&#8217;s this morning.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The bench was wet, but since I had on jeans, I dried my spot with the old tush!<\/p>\n<p>I had a thought,\u00a0 &#8220;Ghosts are terrible liars. You can see right through them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-91152\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-168.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-168-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-168-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-168-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-13-rogers-gardens-168-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a good walk in the nursery, we had lunch at The Farmhouse.\u00a0 Their food is quite eclectic.\u00a0 We killed off a boggle of chardonnary before departing for home via the 73 and 55 freeways.<\/p>\n<p>Did you hear about the pumpkin that nearly drowned? It was saved by the life-gourd.<\/p>\n<p>Upon returning home, Robin left for Corona, and we spent the rest of the day binge-watching movies.\u00a0 My femoral artery may be bleeding just a bit, so I needed to stay off my feet.<\/p>\n<p>We crashed around 10:15 pm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_91155\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91155\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91155\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/halloween-072.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/halloween-072.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/halloween-072-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/halloween-072-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/halloween-072-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/09\/halloween-072-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-91155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary went out for a quick spin on her new broom!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is only six weeks and a trip to the Caribbean away, so we thought we would start early when the selections are best! Robin stayed overnight last night and decided to go to Roger&#8217;s Gardens to start the holiday &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=91149\">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":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91149","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=91149"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91255,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91149\/revisions\/91255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}