{"id":21385,"date":"2022-01-01T14:22:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T19:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=21385"},"modified":"2022-01-01T14:22:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T19:22:57","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=21385","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We started our New Year&#8217;s Eve celebration at the Roger Williams Park Zoo. Their Holiday Lights Spectacular had sounded like it would be fun, if a mite expensive. It turned out to be a nice change from the free but uber-religious Festival of Lights that we usually attend. The zoo&#8217;s light displays featured not only the standard winter and Christmas themes, but also a lot of animal imagery, naturally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9449-2-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21386\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9449-2-375x500.jpg 375w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9449-2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9449-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9449-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9449-2.jpg 1509w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9461-2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21388\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9461-2-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9461-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9461-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9461-2.jpg 1053w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9469-2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21389\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9469-2-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9469-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9469-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9469-2.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9474-2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21390\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9474-2-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9474-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9474-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9474-2.jpg 1332w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9458-2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21387\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9458-2-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9458-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9458-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9458-2.jpg 1055w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After we finished our walk around the zoo, we ordered Chinese food for take-out and picked it up on our way home. The food was delicious. Later we watched an episode of <em>The Mandalorian<\/em> followed by just enough of the Times Square celebration to see the ball drop. I&#8217;m not sure that the kids see the point of watching the ball drop, which doesn&#8217;t surprise me, because I&#8217;ve never really understood it either. Some things we do simply because we always have (tradition!), and other things, such as watching <em>The Mandalorian<\/em>, we do because they&#8217;re fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome, 2022! May you be like your Eve&#8211;full of light, good food, family, and fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We started our New Year&#8217;s Eve celebration at the Roger Williams Park Zoo. Their Holiday Lights Spectacular had sounded like it would be fun, if a mite expensive. 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