{"id":36,"date":"2012-10-27T11:55:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T15:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/?p=36"},"modified":"2012-11-08T22:32:47","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T02:32:47","slug":"new-beginnings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/new-beginnings-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Beginnings&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/100_36521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"100_3652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/100_36521-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"willow\" width=\"270\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a> Our blog officially changes today. I&#8217;m excited to take on the task of blog writing for Main Street Landscape.\u00a0 As I&#8217;ve been contemplating our blog over the last few months, I have found myself looking at the world in a different way.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been more observant as I go through the work day.\u00a0 I&#8217;m taking notes &#8211; writing down ideas for future blog posts.\u00a0 I&#8217;m taking more pictures, which will make Craig, our GM, happy.\u00a0 He has been after us (the designers at Main Street) for years to get more pictures of our landscape and hardscape\u00a0projects.\u00a0And, Laura (our office manager and very talented photographer)\u00a0recently reminded me that the key to taking a good photograph is to take many many pictures in the process.\u00a0\u00a0I used to take one or two\u00a0pictures here, and\u00a0another there, and then wonder why my pictures were so awful.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/fall-maple-leaves1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45\" title=\"fall maple leaves\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/fall-maple-leaves1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/fall-maple-leaves1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/fall-maple-leaves1-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/fall-maple-leaves1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Laura McGranaghan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m beginning this new adventure of blog writing during my favorite time of the year. \u00a0I love the cooler temperatures and the beautiful colors of the fall season.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a perfect time of the year to get outside and meet new clients, plan new projects and manage current projects.\u00a0\u00a0It&#8217;s also a\u00a0perfect time to start blogging.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_86\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/witch-hazel.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-86\" title=\"witch hazel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/witch-hazel-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/witch-hazel-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/witch-hazel-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/witch-hazel.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-86\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Laura McGranaghan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Although\u00a0I\u00a0will be writing this blog, this is Main Street&#8217;s project.\u00a0\u00a0I&#8217;m hoping to incorporate pictures and tidbits of information and adventures from everyone at Main Street Landscape.\u00a0\u00a0I hope you will join us in this new adventure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our blog officially changes today. I&#8217;m excited to take on the task of blog writing for Main Street Landscape.\u00a0 As I&#8217;ve been contemplating our blog over the last few months, I have found myself looking at the world in a different way.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been more observant as I go through the work day.\u00a0 I&#8217;m taking&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/new-beginnings-2\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read New Beginnings&#8230;\">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":[],"categories":[7,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstreetlandscape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}