{"id":8182,"date":"2026-05-26T08:27:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=8182"},"modified":"2026-05-26T08:27:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:27:54","slug":"i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=8182","title":{"rendered":"I do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5967-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5967-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5967-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5967-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5967-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5967-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Gorgeous drive home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I met John in Fayetteville on Friday to attend his nephew&#8217;s wedding. It was a quick trip for John &#8211; in on Friday and out on Monday. We had a fun weekend: out for a nice dinner with his mom on Friday; an afternoon BBQ at his brother&#8217;s house on Saturday; and the wedding on Sunday afternoon at a <a href=\"https:\/\/peelcompton.org\/compton-gardens-arboretum\/\">very pretty venue in Bentonville<\/a> (just down the street from Sam Walton&#8217;s original store). We really enjoyed visiting with Phillip&#8217;s friends over the weekend; I had met them briefly years and years ago. We also liked getting to know the bride&#8217;s parents who made the trip from Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the week I visited more with James and Marybeth, did some shopping, went to a doctor&#8217;s appointment in Little Rock, and took care of some things around the house. I went out Wednesday night running around and to dinner with Alison and Peewee which is always fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I finished reading &#8220;A Far-Flung Life&#8221; by M.L. Stedman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I got home Monday afternoon, I found this amazing summer tanager at the suet feeder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5969-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5969-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5969-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5969-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5969-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5969.jpeg 1811w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption>What a beauty! While not rare in Arkansas this time of year, I seldom see them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I met John in Fayetteville on Friday to attend his nephew&#8217;s wedding. It was a quick trip for John &#8211; in on Friday and out on Monday. We had a fun weekend: out for a nice dinner with his mom on Friday; an afternoon BBQ at his brother&#8217;s house on Saturday; and the wedding on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8182"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8189,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182\/revisions\/8189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}