{"id":16088,"date":"2012-01-19T12:23:32","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T17:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=16088"},"modified":"2012-01-19T12:23:32","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T17:23:32","slug":"looking-back-that-the-us-botanic-garden-holiday-model-trains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/01\/looking-back-that-the-us-botanic-garden-holiday-model-trains\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking back at the US Botanic Garden holiday model trains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/6620913137\/\" title=\"Two truss bridges by wfyurasko, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7022\/6620913137_fedb85b14a.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Two truss bridges\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. &mdash; <\/strong>My 3&frac12; year old and I visited the 2011 U.S Botanic Garden Season&#8217;s Greeting Holiday Exhibit the day before it closed. I had hoped to get their earlier, but the schedule did not work out that way and I did not get to blog about it before it closed. Nevertheless, I took a lot of photographs and think they are still worth sharing. The display was impressive with many bridges and scenes made of plants instead of plastic or metal.<\/p>\n<p>[<strong style=\"color:#3993ff\">flick<span style=\"color:#ff1c92\">r<\/span><\/strong> : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/sets\/72157628683900479\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Photos of U.S Botanic Garden Season&#8217;s Greeting Holiday Exhibit<\/span><\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/sets\/72157628683900479\/show\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">slideshow<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>This year, I&#8217;ll try to get to the show earlier in the season and blog about it while it is still open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &mdash; My 3&frac12; year old and I visited the 2011 U.S Botanic Garden Season&#8217;s Greeting Holiday Exhibit the day before it closed. I had hoped to get their earlier, but the schedule did not work out that way and I did not get to blog about it before it closed. 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