{"id":3845,"date":"2015-07-02T13:52:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T18:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2015-07-02T13:52:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T18:52:52","slug":"because-we-like-the-blue-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2015\/07\/because-we-like-the-blue-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Because We Like The Blue House"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3846\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11709702_998049996912348_1040148095778955464_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3846\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11709702_998049996912348_1040148095778955464_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: KRDO\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11709702_998049996912348_1040148095778955464_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11709702_998049996912348_1040148095778955464_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11709702_998049996912348_1040148095778955464_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: KRDO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is a photo of some houses who had suffered some erosion damage from recent rains in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n<p>But Dave and I like the blue part of the color scheme on the right-most house. 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