{"id":185,"date":"2007-10-02T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-02T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=185"},"modified":"2011-04-20T18:02:35","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T22:02:35","slug":"pining-for-saipan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/pining-for-saipan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pining for Saipan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my custom-made rings is living in Saipan with my gorgeous client Deb. She sent me this photo of the ring contemplating the sunset.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/Rv6wmFdafFI\/AAAAAAAAAuE\/lErL-PRojAo\/s1600-h\/dragonfly_saipan_1.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115720395086527570\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/Rv6wmFdafFI\/AAAAAAAAAuE\/lErL-PRojAo\/s320\/dragonfly_saipan_1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDeb originally moved to Saipan with her ex-parrot, Rodney.  Rodney flew away to become king of the local birds, and now Deb has a handsome human named Brad to keep her company. This was a smart exchange. I haven&#8217;t met Brad in person yet but from his emails I can tell he has much more to say than, &#8220;Good morning, Rodney,&#8221; which must be a relief to Deb. I will hazard a guess and say that, unlike Rodney, Brad probably doesn&#8217;t spend a lot of time screaming like a banshee, begging for Starburst candies and biting Deb on the ear. Of course, if that&#8217;s what Brad and Deb are into, I don&#8217;t judge. As long as everyone&#8217;s happy!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span>I thought Rodney was an African Grey parrot but it turns out he&#8217;s a Senegal parrot. At least I didn&#8217;t confuse him with the easily stunned <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dead_Parrot\">Norwegian Blue Parrot<\/a>. Though, like Monty Python&#8217;s Norwegian Blue, it is probable that Rodney has ceased to be, that he has expired and gone to meet his maker, and that his metabolic processes are a matter of interest only to historians.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wingscentral.org\/aps\/\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117088389414944402\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/RwOMx1dafpI\/AAAAAAAAAyo\/Xvs8T4fauMk\/s320\/senegal.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">This is not Rodney, just a random parrot picture from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wingscentral.org\/aps\/\">Wings Central<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I think my new Dewdrop earrings go well with the colors in Deb&#8217;s sunset photo.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?colid=29&amp;collect=true&amp;id=302\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115841925481135234\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/Rv8fIFdafII\/AAAAAAAAAuc\/ePen1fOaxD0\/s320\/dewdrop_earrings_rose_quartz.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Dewdrop Earrings in rose quartz \u00a9 Wendy Brandes 2007-2008<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/muggphoto.com\/\">John Muggenborg<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?colid=29&amp;collect=true&amp;id=302\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115842011380481170\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/Rv8fNFdafJI\/AAAAAAAAAuk\/pLTuXN9BnEY\/s320\/dewdrop_earrings_green_amethyst.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Dewdrop Earrings in green amethyst \u00a9 Wendy Brandes 2007-2008<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/muggphoto.com\/\">John Muggenborg<\/a><br \/>\nSOLD!!!!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/Rv8fNFdafJI\/AAAAAAAAAuk\/pLTuXN9BnEY\/s1600-h\/dewdrop_earrings_green_amethyst.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/a> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my custom-made rings is living in Saipan with my gorgeous client Deb. She sent me this photo of the ring contemplating the sunset. Deb originally moved to Saipan with her ex-parrot, Rodney. Rodney flew away to become king of the local birds, and now Deb has a handsome human named Brad to keep&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/pining-for-saipan\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,43,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-gorgeous-clients","7":"category-my-designs","8":"category-travel","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10627,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions\/10627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}