{"id":4356,"date":"2014-11-18T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deepsicks.com\/?p=4356"},"modified":"2022-06-12T21:06:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T02:06:45","slug":"leaf-peepin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/2014\/11\/18\/leaf-peepin\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaf Peepin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October saw us on aeroplanes herk-jerkin to Boston that chewed us up in traffic and spit us out on 93. It was dark and stormy when we reached our destination\u2014a New Hampshire cabin owned by Arthur&#8217;s aunt and uncle. Having risen at 4 a.m., we were all but insensible and promptly put to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I awoke to this.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/view_from_cabin-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/view_from_cabin-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/view_from_cabin-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/view_from_cabin-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/view_from_cabin-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cabin_in_NH-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cabin_in_NH-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cabin_in_NH-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cabin_in_NH-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cabin_in_NH-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/feet_leaves-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/feet_leaves-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/feet_leaves-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/feet_leaves-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/feet_leaves-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We explored and breathed deep all the autumn things.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/hike_hill-900x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/hike_hill-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/hike_hill-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/hike_hill-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/hike_hill-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/hike_hill-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/feet_over_squam_lake-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/feet_over_squam_lake-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/feet_over_squam_lake-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/feet_over_squam_lake-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/feet_over_squam_lake-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/arthur_over_squam-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/arthur_over_squam-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/arthur_over_squam-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/arthur_over_squam-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/arthur_over_squam-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1197\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3562-1200x1197.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3562-1200x1197.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3562-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3562-1536x1532.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3562-2048x2043.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/maple_museum-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/maple_museum-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/maple_museum-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/maple_museum-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/maple_museum-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/forge_selfie-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/forge_selfie-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/forge_selfie-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/forge_selfie-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/forge_selfie-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/the_basin-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/the_basin-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/the_basin-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/the_basin-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/the_basin-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also visited Arthur&#8217;s sister and fam in Vermont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/on_the_vermont_road-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/on_the_vermont_road-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/on_the_vermont_road-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/on_the_vermont_road-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/on_the_vermont_road.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nieces and a nephew painstakingly poked around our edges and in the end decided we&#8217;re all right. We made a jack-o-lantern and apple pie, skipped rocks in the river, played soccer and exhausted awful jokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arthur painted a skirmish at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"893\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sea_painting-893x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sea_painting-893x1200.jpg 893w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sea_painting-768x1033.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sea_painting-1142x1536.jpg 1142w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sea_painting.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I can&#8217;t imagine.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/north_thetford_library-1200x805.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/north_thetford_library-1200x805.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/north_thetford_library-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/north_thetford_library-1536x1030.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/north_thetford_library-2048x1373.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The simplest things.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chicken_dinner-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chicken_dinner-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chicken_dinner-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chicken_dinner-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chicken_dinner-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in New Hampshire, not far from the cabin, Arthur led me to a cemetery with headstones placed in the 1800s. We like to joke where we&#8217;ll go when the shit goes down, packing up our dogs and go-bags and hatchets, some place dead and safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This place? Time forgot, we&#8217;re sure of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cemetery_in_woods-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cemetery_in_woods-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cemetery_in_woods-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cemetery_in_woods-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cemetery_in_woods-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It will never change.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/arthur_headstone-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/arthur_headstone-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/arthur_headstone-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/arthur_headstone-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/arthur_headstone-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Look closely, the stone says ARTHUR. Eep!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October saw us on aeroplanes herk-jerkin to Boston that chewed us up in traffic and spit us out on 93. It was dark and stormy when we reached our destination\u2014a New Hampshire cabin owned by Arthur\u2019s aunt and uncle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-4356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-narratives","tag-adventures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8287,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4356\/revisions\/8287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}