{"id":527,"date":"2019-02-06T00:09:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T00:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/?p=527"},"modified":"2023-01-16T22:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T22:11:22","slug":"flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"FLOWERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With the growing heat during the summer months, many of the flowers struggle to survive. Our roses have disappeared, no doubt eaten by our deer friends. Lilies abound everywhere, and we have allowed the wildflowers to flourish as they do not need as much attention as the planted ones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Unfortunately our apricot trees did not bear any fruit this year, apparently the Shuswap\u2019s Winter and Spring attributing to this fact. Our cherries were eaten by the birds, so I am now diligently guarding my peach tree. Soon I will be able to pick them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Butch is very protective of his flowers, and his hard work always pays off, as they enhance our landscape and provide colour to our surroundings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">FLOWERS<\/h1>\n<h4>These are a few of the flowers Butch grows in his garden, planters, and flowers beds around the porch.&nbsp; He has a passion for them.&nbsp; He also grows a variety of vegetables in our gardens, and we have fruit trees lining the roadway to the garage.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_3857c\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3857C-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3857C-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3857C.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>This photo I took in Vernon, the hills were covered in soft violet flowers.&nbsp; Although they are beautiful, they are an extremely evasive plant, and now most of them are gone.<\/h4>\n<h4>These photos were taken over the years, all of flowers growing on our lot.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_7346\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-547\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-547\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7346-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7346-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7346-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7346-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7346-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_7350\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-546\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-546\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7350-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7350-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7350-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7350-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7350-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_7355\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-545\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-545 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7355-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7355-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7355-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7355-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7355-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_7364\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-544\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-544 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7364-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7364-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7364-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7364-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7364-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_9274\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-298\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-298 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_9274-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/firestorm-latest-novel-a-wip\/img_9462\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-299\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-299\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_9462-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_7740\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-294\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_6027\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-293\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-293\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_6027-e1511219409128-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_6027-e1511219409128-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_6027-e1511219409128.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/_mg_6587b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-292 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MG_6587b-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MG_6587b-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MG_6587b.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_5517\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_5517-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_4631\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_4631-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_5306\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-52\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5306-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_5341\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-50\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5341-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"175\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_5445a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5445a-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_5515a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5515a-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_5523\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5523-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_4192\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_4192-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/flowers\/img_4180a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-28 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_4180a-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the growing heat during the summer months, many of the flowers struggle to survive. Our roses have disappeared, no doubt eaten by our deer friends. Lilies abound everywhere, and we have allowed the wildflowers to flourish as they do not need as much attention as the planted ones. Unfortunately our apricot trees did not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photograhy-shirleydekelver-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1151,"href":"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions\/1151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shirleydekelver.com\/photogallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}