{"id":9243,"date":"2022-01-18T13:07:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T18:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=9243"},"modified":"2022-01-18T13:07:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T18:07:22","slug":"holy-cow-omicron-is-spreading-like-wildfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2022\/01\/18\/holy-cow-omicron-is-spreading-like-wildfire\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy cow, Omicron is spreading like wildfire"},"content":{"rendered":"

I called my oldest son, Bill, today and asked how pheasant hunting went yesterday. He and grandson, Mason, went down to southern Minnesota to join his friend, Scott and his kids at a game preserve to hunt pheasants. It was Mason’s first trip hunting with the 20 gauge he’d gotten from Dad last year. They’d practiced at home, of course, but shooting quick, live targets is a bit different than shooting cans or clay pigeons! They did well, despite that and had a very good time outdoors. The big but <\/em>is that Bill said there are five people out with COVID where he works. Yep, he’s vaccinated and boostered and takes precautions but wow. (David had a guy at his work who was in his thirties, who came down with COVID and ended up on a respirator. (No underlying health conditions either.)<\/p>\n

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The successful pheasant hunters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m not only filling seed orders to send out to folks who are planning their spring gardens but also sorting through my <\/em>own seed bank, deciding on just what I’m going to be planting. Yes, I have a notebook, filled with diagrams and garden rows. For all six gardens, plus a new one I don’t dare tell Will I’m planning, next to the new barn. (Don’t read this blog Will!) I’ve got to break it to him gently.<\/p>\n

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We have to laugh at the positions Buffy sleeps in. Take a look at this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’ve been working past 11 PM each night, making sure we get the seeds mailed out to folks the day after we receive their orders. When I take a break, Buffy jumps up on my chest and takes a snooze. She must think she needs a rest too! It’s pretty funny. She doesn’t just lie there but turns upside-down and stretches out. Who needs a TV? — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I called my oldest son, Bill, today and asked how pheasant hunting went yesterday. He and grandson, Mason, went down to southern Minnesota to join his friend, Scott and his kids at a game preserve to hunt pheasants. It was Mason’s first trip hunting with the 20 gauge he’d gotten from Dad last year. They’d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,10,12,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9248,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9243\/revisions\/9248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}