{"id":166,"date":"2022-12-31T14:47:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T21:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ronbarbish.com\/blog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2022-12-31T14:47:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T21:47:51","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ronbarbish.com\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Happy New Year! A quick break from writing computer code to let everyone know that new stuff is being added to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ronbarbish.com\/\">the website<\/a><\/strong> every day. I wish I was out fishing on the Colorado River, but there isn&#8217;t enough water in the river. Wasting time is not an option, so I do a lot of work every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the dwindling Colorado River, the weather here in the desert has been out of the ordinary. It&#8217;s been raining, lightly, but with uncommon regularity. Not enough rain to do anything about the drought conditions, but more than usual. The stormy weather makes for spectacular desert sunrises.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/ronbarbish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DesertSunrise12-27-22.jpg\" alt=\"Desert sunrise 12-27-22\" class=\"wp-image-167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ronbarbish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DesertSunrise12-27-22.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ronbarbish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DesertSunrise12-27-22-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The normally clear blue sky has been filled with clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/ronbarbish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SunsetClouds12-29-22.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset clouds12-29-22\" class=\"wp-image-168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ronbarbish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SunsetClouds12-29-22.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ronbarbish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SunsetClouds12-29-22-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A couple days later, the weather changes completely and the desert is blanketed in thick patchy fog.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/ronbarbish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FoggyAM12-31-22.jpg\" alt=\"Foggy Morning 12-31-22\" class=\"wp-image-169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ronbarbish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FoggyAM12-31-22.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ronbarbish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FoggyAM12-31-22-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I went for a hike in the fog a couple hours before sunrise and it was dark. 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