{"id":4445,"date":"2025-12-21T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.russbishop.com\/blog\/?p=4445"},"modified":"2025-12-20T18:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T02:46:44","slug":"happy-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/happy-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holidays!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7959\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7959\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.russbishop.com\/gallery-image\/Landscapes-Nature\/G0000x5W7wWBwDVU\/I0000qVdrNH2ZQ0M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7959 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rbishop_977826da-1050x701.jpg\" alt=\"El Capitan above the Merced River in winter, Yosemite National Park, California USA\" width=\"525\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rbishop_977826da-1050x701.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rbishop_977826da-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rbishop_977826da-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rbishop_977826da-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rbishop_977826da-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rbishop_977826da-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rbishop_977826da.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">El Capitan above the Merced River in winter, Yosemite National Park, California<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Happy Holidays and welcome Winter Solstice!<\/p>\n<p>Midwinter, Yule, the Longest Night, J\u00f3l &#8211; the Winter Solstice (December 21st) is known by many names, but the shortest day of the year is the official start of winter and the perfect time to reflect on the past twelve months.<\/p>\n<p>As 2025 comes to a close I&#8217;m grateful for another year of new experiences and travel near and far. And as always I appreciate your support and company, and encourage you to keep exploring all the natural beauty that surrounds us.<\/p>\n<p>Have a wonderful holiday season and a healthy, prosperous New Year!<\/p>\n<p>-Russ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Holidays and welcome Winter Solstice! Midwinter, Yule, the Longest Night, J\u00f3l &#8211; the Winter Solstice (December 21st) is known by many names, but the shortest day of the year is the official start of winter and the perfect time to reflect on the past twelve months. As 2025 comes to a close I&#8217;m grateful &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/happy-holidays\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Happy Holidays!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,8,20],"tags":[15,670,23,669,654],"class_list":["post-4445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landscape-photography","category-nature-photography","category-travel","tag-california","tag-happy-holidays","tag-winter","tag-winter-solstice","tag-yosemite-national-park"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}