{"id":18295,"date":"2024-01-18T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=18295"},"modified":"2024-01-06T11:33:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T18:33:41","slug":"on-the-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=18295","title":{"rendered":"On the Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_9342-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18296\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=18296\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_9342-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1703944629&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00052192066805846&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9342\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_9342-scaled.jpeg?fit=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_9342.jpeg?resize=473%2C354&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18296\" width=\"473\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_9342-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_9342-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_9342-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_9342-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_9342-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_9342-scaled.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_9342-scaled.jpeg?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Old age is when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Author Unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The photo is of the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/sagu\/learn\/nature\/upload\/Cristate-Saguaros-Final.pdf\">Crested Saguaro<\/a> at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Old age is when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it.&#8221; 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