{"id":1787,"date":"2015-07-21T00:46:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T00:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/?p=1787"},"modified":"2015-07-21T00:46:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T00:46:29","slug":"summer-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/summer-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>Summer Time<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Summer is a great time to be outdoors taking in the warm and beautiful weather.<\/p>\n<p>I volunteer at a therapeutic riding program and one of the benefits is getting to ride.<br \/>\nThe farm has trail paths that stretch far back on the property.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s great to go on the trails.<br \/>\nOn a hot day it is really nice to walk down the path shaded by trees.<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of woods and some fields. \u00a0It&#8217;s just beautiful.<br \/>\nOccassionaly one may spot wildlife.<br \/>\nOn one trail ride I went on we saw two deer pass over the path.<\/p>\n<p>The surrounding landscape and horses inspire my creativity. \u00a0That is why I indulge in being there when I can and taking it all in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feature Art:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lisasart.com\/arabgallop_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"horse\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Arab at Gallop&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pen and Ink<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Art\u00a0 News <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lisasart.com\/mm-mosaic.jpg\" alt=\"the gift horse\" width=\"270\" height=\"317\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.muralmosaic.com\/Cadeau.html\"><strong>Le Cadeau du Cheval<\/strong><\/a><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several artists in the Equine Art Guild were a part of this unique tribute to the horse. Click on the image above to read all about it and the artists who participated in it&#8217;s creation, as well as see where it will be coming to a location near you in the coming year!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soldier Portraits<\/strong><br \/>\nDarla Dixon organized a group of artists who will create no-charge compassionate portraits for the families who have lost a loved one in Operation Iraqi Freedom\/Operation Enduring Freedom. We are looking for artists to join our efforts, and also for non-artists who will help spread the word about this free service and token of our gratitude to families who have sacrificed so much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Darla (<a href=\"mailto:darla@dixon.com\/\">darla@darladixon.com<\/a>) or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisasart.com\/soldierportraits.html\">SoldierPortraits.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Summer Time&#8221; Summer is a great time to be outdoors taking in the warm and beautiful weather. I volunteer at a therapeutic riding program and one of the benefits is getting to ride. The farm has trail paths that stretch far back on the property. It&#8217;s great to go on the trails. On a hot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,3,14,6,4,8,10,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-art","category-equestrian","category-equine-art","category-horse","category-horse-art","category-illustration","category-pen-and-ink"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1788,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787\/revisions\/1788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}