{"id":538,"date":"2017-08-17T19:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T02:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg.ca\/?p=538"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:51:30","slug":"dog-days-have-passed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/08\/17\/dog-days-have-passed\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Days Have Passed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/9050f-20170817_184940-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/9050f-20170817_184940-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/9050f-20170817_184940-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/9050f-20170817_184940-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/9050f-20170817_184940.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our local swimming hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been a glorious summer with almost no rain. &nbsp;The drought finally broke a few days ago and the heat as well. &nbsp;I&#8217;ve been very busy and productive with tasks around the property. &nbsp;The garage is finished and I completed many smaller projects also. &nbsp;I am forcing my compulsive self of not start anything new as we leave Garden Bay in less than a month. &nbsp;I&#8217;m tired of projects but at the same time not sure what to do with myself otherwise. &nbsp;Mexico will provide a welcome break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We fly to Ontario to visit my family on September 13. &nbsp;From there we travel to Guanajuato to spend the winter, return within my 180 day tourist visa limit near the end of March. &nbsp;We are leaving Garden Bay too early but Aime\u00e9&#8217;s 180 day limit expires September 24. &nbsp;Next spring we plan on applying for immigration and that will enable us to travel when we want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Guanajuato we have rented a very nice one-bedroom apartment near el Centro. &nbsp;This year we&#8217;ll be there for all of the Cervantino festival which is a huge bonus. &nbsp;Life in Guanajuato is care-free and relaxed, but I&#8217;ll be bored and ready to return to my projects in March even thought it will still be cold and rainy here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a glorious summer with almost no rain. &nbsp;The drought finally broke a few days ago and the heat as well. &nbsp;I&#8217;ve been very busy and productive with tasks around the property. &nbsp;The garage is finished and I completed many smaller projects also. &nbsp;I am forcing my compulsive self of not start anything &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/08\/17\/dog-days-have-passed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dog Days Have Passed&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden-bay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1600,"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions\/1600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}