{"id":1845,"date":"2009-07-31T08:24:08","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T12:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2009-07-31T09:06:50","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T13:06:50","slug":"backyard-splashy-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/31\/backyard-splashy-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Backyard Splashy Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lloyd, Harvey and the boys had some much deserved backyard time yesterday in the wonderful sun.\u00c2\u00a0 I was sitting on my arse watching them after I came home from work and snapped a few pics with my phone.\u00c2\u00a0 I think you can see how much fun they were having, each in their own pools.\u00c2\u00a0 The boy&#8217;s pool is inflatable and so it&#8217;s off limits for Bitey McPunctureton seen here digging his way to the bottom of his pool of water.\u00c2\u00a0 Keep digging, Bitey&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1843\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/31\/backyard-splashy-time\/p_640_480_a5d245fa-c8de-4b18-a98d-6542ab8463be-jpeg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/p_640_480_A5D245FA-C8DE-4B18-A98D-6542AB8463BE.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"digging for something\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/p_640_480_A5D245FA-C8DE-4B18-A98D-6542AB8463BE.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1843\" title=\"digging for something\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/p_640_480_A5D245FA-C8DE-4B18-A98D-6542AB8463BE.jpeg\" alt=\"digging for something\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/p_640_480_A5D245FA-C8DE-4B18-A98D-6542AB8463BE.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/p_640_480_A5D245FA-C8DE-4B18-A98D-6542AB8463BE-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then I took a shot of the inevitable results of splashing, you can see Lloyd here in mid-rotation, which makes his ears look stupid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1844\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/31\/backyard-splashy-time\/p_640_480_26956f06-76a1-41d1-86b3-040f3e2010c1-jpeg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/p_640_480_26956F06-76A1-41D1-86B3-040F3E2010C1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shakey shakey\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/p_640_480_26956F06-76A1-41D1-86B3-040F3E2010C1.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1844\" title=\"shakey shakey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/p_640_480_26956F06-76A1-41D1-86B3-040F3E2010C1.jpeg\" alt=\"shakey shakey\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/p_640_480_26956F06-76A1-41D1-86B3-040F3E2010C1.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/p_640_480_26956F06-76A1-41D1-86B3-040F3E2010C1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course after this I had to empty the pool to begin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/16\/lloyds-love-of-water\/\" target=\"_blank\">the emptying<\/a> as supper was almost ready&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lloyd, Harvey and the boys had some much deserved backyard time yesterday in the wonderful sun.\u00c2\u00a0 I was sitting on my arse watching them after I came home from work and snapped a few pics with my phone.\u00c2\u00a0 I think &hellip; 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