{"id":22262,"date":"2026-06-14T18:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T17:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=22262"},"modified":"2026-06-14T18:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T17:37:11","slug":"victoria-park-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/victoria-park-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Park Afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" data-attachment-id=\"22258\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?attachment_id=22258\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Buff-Tailed-Bumblebee.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" data-attachment-id=\"22255\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?attachment_id=22255\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blue-tailed-Damselfly.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" 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;1781443496&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;Blue-tailed Damselfly&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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Warm and quite sunny. Lots of small damselflies out on the pond. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walk around Victoria park this afternoon. Warm and quite sunny. 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