{"id":7052,"date":"2016-02-16T10:09:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T15:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=7052"},"modified":"2016-02-16T10:09:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T15:09:24","slug":"take-5-snow-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-snow-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Snow Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snowy days are back. These five photos from past editions of our Photo Contest<\/a> capture people experiencing snow in Massachusetts. Want to enjoy the snow yourself? Consider an upcoming snowshoe program<\/a>!<\/p>\n

\"2015

2015 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Andy Eckerson<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2014

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Charles Lanphear<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012

2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Elena Cronin<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2015

Blue Hills Trailside Musem’s Director Norman Smith releases a snowy owl as part of a rescue and research effort. Learn more about it<\/a>. 2015 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 John Cole<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2014

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Alexis Snyder<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snowy days are back. These five photos from past editions of our Photo Contest capture people experiencing snow in Massachusetts. Want to enjoy the snow yourself? Consider an upcoming snowshoe program!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1PK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":7052,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Caption This!","author":"Ryan D.","date":"February 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's play \"Caption That Photo\"! 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