{"id":147,"date":"2008-04-06T11:58:25","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T10:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/?p=147"},"modified":"2008-04-06T12:00:27","modified_gmt":"2008-04-06T11:00:27","slug":"poor-critters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/2008\/04\/06\/poor-critters\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor critters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, Joe finally got his new camera kit and has been out and about harassing the local wildlife trying everything out. We had a few photos of polar bears in a snowstorm and black dogs at night while he works out the settings but overall the photos are coming out nicely.<\/p><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-7732a4f5f0b717513803753312d40ed1-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/2008\/04\/06\/poor-critters\/nggallery\/slideshow'>[Show as slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/critter_cam\/dsc_0315-web.jpg\"\n               title=\"Starling\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/critter_cam\/dsc_0315-web.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/critter_cam\/thumbs\/thumbs_dsc_0315-web.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"108\"\n               data-title=\"dsc_0315-web.jpg\"\n               data-description=\"Starling\"\n               data-image-slug=\"dsc_0315-web-jpg\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='7732a4f5f0b717513803753312d40ed1'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"dsc_0315-web.jpg\"\n                    alt=\"dsc_0315-web.jpg\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/critter_cam\/thumbs\/thumbs_dsc_0315-web.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"80\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/critter_cam\/dsc_0422-web_1.jpg\"\n               title=\"Sparrow\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/critter_cam\/dsc_0422-web_1.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/critter_cam\/thumbs\/thumbs_dsc_0422-web_1.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"109\"\n               data-title=\"dsc_0422-web_1.jpg\"\n               data-description=\"Sparrow\"\n               data-image-slug=\"dsc_0422-web_1-jpg\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='7732a4f5f0b717513803753312d40ed1'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"dsc_0422-web_1.jpg\"\n                    alt=\"dsc_0422-web_1.jpg\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/critter_cam\/thumbs\/thumbs_dsc_0422-web_1.jpg\"\n                    width=\"66\"\n                    height=\"100\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/critter_cam\/dsc_0199-web.jpg\"\n               title=\"Squirrel\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/critter_cam\/dsc_0199-web.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/critter_cam\/thumbs\/thumbs_dsc_0199-web.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"110\"\n               data-title=\"dsc_0199-web.jpg\"\n               data-description=\"Squirrel\"\n               data-image-slug=\"dsc_0199-web-jpg\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='7732a4f5f0b717513803753312d40ed1'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"dsc_0199-web.jpg\"\n                    alt=\"dsc_0199-web.jpg\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/critter_cam\/thumbs\/thumbs_dsc_0199-web.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"80\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<p>Ah yes, it has been snowing today. 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