{"id":19786,"date":"2025-04-16T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19786"},"modified":"2025-03-29T16:44:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T23:44:31","slug":"johnathon-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19786","title":{"rendered":"Johnathon Swift"},"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\/2025\/03\/IMG_2793.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"435\" data-attachment-id=\"19731\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=19731\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2793.jpeg?fit=1500%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,933\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1739871341&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00023201856148492&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2793\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2793.jpeg?fit=700%2C435&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2793.jpeg?resize=700%2C435&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19731\" style=\"width:693px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2793.jpeg?resize=1024%2C637&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2793.jpeg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2793.jpeg?resize=768%2C478&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2793.jpeg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2793.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>Fire and Water are good Servants, but they are very bad Masters.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jonathan Swift<\/strong>, 1738<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The photo was taken in Altadena CA a few weeks after the Eaton and Pacific Pallisades fires caused so much damage. The exact location is the west side of Lake Ave. a few blocks south of Altadena Dr. The undamaged building artistically framed in the background is Montecedro an independent living community with continuous care. It might be our next stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similar quotes have been attributed to George Washington and others. The earliest I could find was this one from Swift. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Fire and Water are good Servants, but they are very bad Masters.&#8220; Jonathan Swift, 1738 The photo was taken in Altadena CA a few weeks after the Eaton and Pacific Pallisades fires caused so much damage. 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