{"id":2499,"date":"2012-01-12T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T17:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2012-01-11T23:31:11","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T04:31:11","slug":"a-piece-of-the-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/a-piece-of-the-island\/","title":{"rendered":"A Piece of the Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2500\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/a-piece-of-the-island\/img_2870_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2870_2.jpg?fit=2848%2C4272&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2848,4272\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1326122639&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;29&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sand from assateague island\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2870_2.jpg?fit=590%2C886&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2500\" title=\"sand from assateague island\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2870_2.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" alt=\"sand from assateague island\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2870_2.jpg?resize=333%2C500&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2870_2.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2870_2.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">These two tomato sauce jars filled with sand might not look like much to you, but to me they hold much significance. See back when I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/03\/the-ponies-visit-assateague\/\" target=\"_blank\">visited Assateague Island<\/a> at the end of October (2011) with all three of my Chincoteague Ponies &#8211; I took a little piece of the island with me. I collected these jars of sand from the beach &#8211; as a way to always keep a little part of the island with me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2501\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/a-piece-of-the-island\/img_2873_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2873_2.jpg?fit=2508%2C3780&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2508,3780\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1326123853&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sand from assateague island\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2873_2.jpg?fit=590%2C890&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2501\" title=\"sand from assateague island\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2873_2.jpg?resize=331%2C500\" alt=\"sand from assateague island\" width=\"331\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2873_2.jpg?resize=331%2C500&amp;ssl=1 331w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2873_2.jpg?resize=679%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 679w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2873_2.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My little jars of sand weren&#8217;t much to look at these past few months, but a little visit to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkhousemarket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">antique shop<\/a>, and $5 later they had a pretty (beach worthy) glass jar to call home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/a-piece-of-the-island\/img_2875_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2875_2.jpg?fit=2693%2C3594&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2693,3594\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1326123897&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sand from assateague island\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2875_2.jpg?fit=590%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2502\" title=\"sand from assateague island\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2875_2.jpg?resize=374%2C500\" alt=\"sand from assateague island\" width=\"374\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2875_2.jpg?resize=374%2C500&amp;ssl=1 374w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2875_2.jpg?resize=767%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 767w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2875_2.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now my Assateague sand sits happily on my shelf at home with my jars of sand from Belize and Nicaragua and everytime I look at it I&#8217;m reminded of the special trip I took with all three of my boys!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2503\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/a-piece-of-the-island\/img_4348_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4348_2.jpg?fit=3456%2C2304&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3456,2304\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1320019406&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"assateague island trip\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4348_2.jpg?fit=590%2C393&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2503\" title=\"assateague island trip\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4348_2.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"assateague island trip\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4348_2.jpg?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4348_2.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4348_2.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4348_2.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2504\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/a-piece-of-the-island\/img_4195_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4195_2.jpg?fit=2961%2C2304&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2961,2304\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1320017159&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"assateague island trip\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4195_2.jpg?fit=590%2C459&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2504 aligncenter\" title=\"assateague island trip\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4195_2.jpg?resize=500%2C389\" alt=\"assateague island trip\" width=\"500\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4195_2.jpg?resize=500%2C389&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4195_2.jpg?resize=1024%2C796&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4195_2.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These two tomato sauce jars filled with sand might not look like much to you, but to me they hold much significance. See back when I visited Assateague Island at the end of October (2011) with all three of my Chincoteague Ponies &#8211; I took a little piece of the island with me. I collected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[18,611,38,43,56,107,108,948,114,115,612,616,613,261,274,610,292,332,382,406,460,545,546,614,615],"class_list":["post-2499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chincoteague","category-inspiration","tag-18","tag-antique","tag-art","tag-assateague","tag-beach","tag-chesapeake-boomerang","tag-chesapeake-lightning","tag-chincoteague","tag-chincoteague-minnow","tag-chincoteague-pony","tag-collection","tag-decoration","tag-display","tag-horse","tag-island","tag-jar","tag-kyley-diluigi","tag-misty-of-chincoteague","tag-painting-pony","tag-pony","tag-sand","tag-trick-horse","tag-trick-pony","tag-trip","tag-vintage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1Zr2J-Ej","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508,"href":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions\/2508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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