{"id":6322,"date":"2014-03-27T11:51:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T17:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/?p=6322"},"modified":"2014-03-27T13:34:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T19:34:01","slug":"fire-in-the-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/fire-in-the-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire in the Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last time I remember that it rained was back in November. So that would make it 4 months without rain and everything is very dry. The Ticos tend to like to burn fields as a way of clearing up the brush on the property as well as improving the growing conditions by adding carbon to the soil. Last year we had a few fields of sugar cane that were burned but all of them were far off. This fire was directly in front of our balcony so we were close enough really see just how much fire there is&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6322 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/fire-in-the-hills\/dsc_2675\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2675-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2675-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2675-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2675.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/fire-in-the-hills\/dsc_2677\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2677-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2677-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2677-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2677.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/fire-in-the-hills\/dsc_2690\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2690-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2690-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2690-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2690.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/fire-in-the-hills\/dsc_2707\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2707-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2707-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2707-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2707.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6327'>\n\t\t\t\tIs that a man by the tree??\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/fire-in-the-hills\/dsc_2714\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2714-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2714-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2714-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2714.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/fire-in-the-hills\/dsc_2718\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"91\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2718-150x91.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2718-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2718-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2718.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6329'>\n\t\t\t\tI have watch this mango ripen just outside our bedroom window but can&#8217;t eat it &#8211; it is on someone elses property\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/fire-in-the-hills\/dsc_2720\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2720-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2720-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2720-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2720.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6330'>\n\t\t\t\tcooking interest..\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time I remember that it rained was back in November. 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