{"id":9147,"date":"2012-02-26T09:37:50","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T16:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=9147"},"modified":"2012-02-26T09:37:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T16:37:50","slug":"happy-dog-and-moss-graffiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/26\/happy-dog-and-moss-graffiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy dog, moss graffiti, and the wisdom of bureaucrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we&#8217;re just goofing around on a rainy Sunday &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/7YmXdeRXqv8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And speaking of rain, it&#8217;s often said that in the NorthWET climate, if you stand still too long, you&#8217;ll grow moss on your north side. In recognition of that, here&#8217;s a recipe for making <a href=\"http:\/\/iwastesomuchtime.com\/on\/?i=25912\" target=\"_blank\">moss graffiti<\/a>. Really. Moss graffiti.<\/p>\n<p>Both these finds are courtesy of S, who must have been in an unusually unserious mood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another unintentional laugh from the NorthWET. Nothing to do with the climate this time; this one comes from government (that endless source of snorts and giggles). A reader writes to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The other day I got a renewal card from Oregon DMV, with new requirements for 2012. The most significant being the birth certificate; it must be gov issued. Hospital issued birth certificates are NOT acceptable. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never had a gov issued BC, so far as I know they weren&#8217;t issued in the 1st half of the last century. So I got on the net to see how I go about this. I can get one, but only if I <b>swear in writing<\/b> that I am me, with a notarized signature. Man, those &#8216;crats are sharp.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we&#8217;re just goofing around on a rainy Sunday &#8230; And speaking of rain, it&#8217;s often said that in the NorthWET climate, if you stand still too long, you&#8217;ll grow moss on your north side. In recognition of that, here&#8217;s a recipe for making moss graffiti. Really. Moss graffiti. Both these finds are courtesy of S, who must have been in an unusually unserious mood. &#8212;&#8211; Here&#8217;s another unintentional laugh from the NorthWET. Nothing to do with the climate this time; this one comes from government (that endless source of snorts and giggles). A reader writes to say: The other&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/26\/happy-dog-and-moss-graffiti\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Happy dog, moss graffiti, and the wisdom of bureaucrats<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-aesthetics","category-dogs-and-cats","category-humor","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}