{"id":1958,"date":"2009-01-02T13:32:13","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T18:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2009-01-02T13:32:13","modified_gmt":"2009-01-02T18:32:13","slug":"seasons-greetings-from-turtle-journal-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=1958","title":{"rendered":"Seasons Greetings from Turtle Journal Central"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Turtle Journal Central on New Year’s Eve<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Heavy snow blanketed the Great White North throughout the holiday season with a half foot of fresh powder falling on New Year’s Eve.\u00c2\u00a0 Roads assume a Currier & Ives appearance as towns cut back on ploughing, sanding and salting.\u00c2\u00a0 A half\u00c2\u00a0inch of compacted,\u00c2\u00a0icy snow\u00c2\u00a0coats the asphalt and absent a significant warm-up, it would take a pile-driver to\u00c2\u00a0reach clear roadway.\u00c2\u00a0 So, let’s kick back and savor a throwback holiday and enjoy the pristine quality of a traditional season.<\/p>\n

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Snowfall Throughout Holiday Season<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

New snow began falling nine in the morning on New Year’s Eve and continued into the early morning hours of 2009.\u00c2\u00a0 The still beauty of the night inspired me to don boots, wool cap and gloves to capture Turtle Journal Central precisely at midnight.<\/p>\n

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NO FAIR! — “Sandy” the Fake Snowman<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The better half of the Turtle Journal Team sent this seasonal photograph from the sunny, near 80 degree beach in Naples, Florida.\u00c2\u00a0 It may look like snow, but there is a fundamental difference between silicon dioxide (sand)\u00c2\u00a0and dihydrogen monoxide<\/a> (water).\u00c2\u00a0 They may both be malleable solids, but one is warm and the other is freezing.\u00c2\u00a0 No fair!\u00c2\u00a0 Seashell eyes and buttons do not conform to Currier & Ives “snowman” standards.\u00c2\u00a0 The top hat must be black and there’s no carrot nose for the reindeer.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Sandy is\u00c2\u00a0a pale imitation of Frosty.<\/p>\n

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Welcome Mat at Turtle Journal Central<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

No matter weather or condition, the welcome mat is always out at Turtle Journal Central as we, the Turtle Journal Team, wish you an exciting year of discovery in 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Turtle Journal Central on New Year’s Eve Heavy snow blanketed the Great White North throughout the holiday season with a half foot of fresh powder falling on New Year’s Eve.\u00c2\u00a0 Roads assume a Currier & Ives appearance as towns cut back on ploughing, sanding and salting.\u00c2\u00a0 A half\u00c2\u00a0inch of compacted,\u00c2\u00a0icy snow\u00c2\u00a0coats the asphalt and absent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1958"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1968,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions\/1968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}