{"id":181,"date":"2012-03-31T03:21:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T03:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackswampadventures.paulkemner.com\/?p=181"},"modified":"2012-04-01T03:23:37","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T03:23:37","slug":"garter-snakes-007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackswampadventures.paulkemner.com\/?p=181","title":{"rendered":"Garter Snakes #007"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182\" title=\"snake002\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackswampadventures.paulkemner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/snake002.jpg?resize=960%2C796&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackswampadventures.paulkemner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/snake002.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackswampadventures.paulkemner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/snake002.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackswampadventures.paulkemner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/snake002.jpg?resize=290%2C240&amp;ssl=1 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garter Snakes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Springtime, and the garter snakes are out. 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