{"id":6342,"date":"2014-08-07T11:19:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T16:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=6342"},"modified":"2014-08-14T14:49:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T19:49:58","slug":"sappy-pine-cones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=6342","title":{"rendered":"Sappy Pine Cones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6344\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140807_090030.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6344\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140807_090030-233x350.jpg\" alt=\"Sappy Pine Cones\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6344\" data-wp-pid=\"6344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140807_090030-233x350.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140807_090030-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140807_090030-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140807_090030-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140807_090030-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140807_090030.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sappy Pine Cones<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sometime mid-morning Cathy sent me a text saying that there was a pine tree by her parking lot with cones dripping with sap. She sent a picture taken on her phone (which was probably as good as this one) and said I should come take pictures. So, I did. It was pretty windy today so getting the cones in focus was a bit hit or miss, but this one is pretty sharp. When I first saw them, it looked like they were covered with ice, which really didn&#8217;t fit the weather we&#8217;re having.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not entirely sure why they drip sap and haven&#8217;t actually looked it up, but I suspect it&#8217;s to keep insects and other critters away from the seeds while they develop. I do know (or think I know, which isn&#8217;t exactly the same thing) that the seeds take until the second year to mature. Given how long they need to survive without being eaten, the sap provides a bit of protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometime mid-morning Cathy sent me a text saying that there was a pine tree by her parking lot with cones dripping with sap. She sent a picture taken on her phone (which was probably as good as this one) and said I should come take pictures. So, I did. It was pretty windy today so &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=6342\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6342"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6357,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342\/revisions\/6357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}