{"id":1559,"date":"2011-07-30T12:30:57","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T19:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/blog\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2011-08-01T14:44:50","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T21:44:50","slug":"take-the-leap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/2011\/07\/take-the-leap\/","title":{"rendered":"Take the Leap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A leaf hopper quietly sits and is tempting fate &#8211; about to take the plunge into S. AF courtii x &#8220;Green Monster&#8221;.\u00a0 This leap into the abyss was very bad for Mr. Leafhopper, but very good for the plant. (Yummy!)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6026\/5969589186_78c9633189_z.jpg\" alt=\"Livin' on the edge\" width=\"457\" height=\"640\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\">[Leafhopper vs. S. courtii AF x &#8220;Green Monster&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I took my own leap of faith yesterday as well&#8230; it was a first for me, but certainly *not* going to be my last.\u00a0 A truly amazing experience indeed.\u00a0 And I admit, the rush is kind of addicting! Leaping from close to 2 miles above the earth was unforgettable and a humbling experience that redefined my perception. Releasing all fear and restraint opens up new doors to endless possibilities.\u00a0 Take the leap.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6122\/5990978955_a42cd8815c.jpg\" alt=\"On Edge\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\">[Sarraceniadude in the sky! Photo by Mark @ NorCal Sky Diving.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A leaf hopper quietly sits and is tempting fate &#8211; about to take the plunge into S. AF courtii x &#8220;Green Monster&#8221;.\u00a0 This leap into the abyss was very bad for Mr. Leafhopper, but very good for the plant. (Yummy!) &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/2011\/07\/take-the-leap\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,374,59,375,373,372,371],"class_list":["post-1559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-courtii","tag-dude","tag-green-monster","tag-jumping-from-a-freekin-plane-2-miles-above-earth-is-awesome","tag-leafhopper","tag-leap","tag-skydive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}