{"id":9433,"date":"2024-06-12T12:22:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T20:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/?p=9433"},"modified":"2024-07-06T08:46:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T16:46:31","slug":"watchtower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/archives\/9433","title":{"rendered":"Watchtower"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f009d1c6d3d&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1928\" height=\"2560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Packers-Water-Tower-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9423\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;width:473px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Packers-Water-Tower-scaled.jpg 1928w, https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Packers-Water-Tower-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Packers-Water-Tower-376x500.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Packers-Water-Tower-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Packers-Water-Tower-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Packers-Water-Tower-1542x2048.jpg 1542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1928px) 100vw, 1928px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-left block-justify-class\">An iconic tower about a mile down the beach from us. Made of steel, it was probably constructed circa 1915. Each night it was filled with water to support the needs of the salmon processors the next day. Some twenty years earlier this was the site of the largest salmon cannery in the world. Today, the tower makes a fine perch for raptors to spy prey from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"block-justify-class\">We&#8217;ve lived here just over a year now. <em>OK, and<\/em>? And&#8230;well, I dunno, it doesn&#8217;t seem like it&#8217;s been a whole year, that&#8217;s all. It <em>seems<\/em> to me like well short of a year. Time flies when you&#8217;re having fun they say. Yet time is invariant. So whether I&#8217;m an hour in the dentist&#8217;s chair experiencing a root canal, or in a five star hotel on a king-sized bed fitted with eight-hundred thread count Egyptian cotton sheets, enjoying an hour of languorous sex, shouldn&#8217;t matter in terms of the passage of time. An <em>hour<\/em>? <em>Lmao<\/em>! Go ahead and snicker all you want, but a root canal really can take an hour or more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An iconic tower about a mile down the beach from us. Made of steel, it was probably constructed circa 1915. Each night it was filled with water to support the needs of the salmon processors the next day. Some twenty years earlier this was the site of the largest salmon cannery in the world. 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