{"id":14767,"date":"2014-04-17T14:22:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T20:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14767"},"modified":"2023-12-03T02:50:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T09:50:12","slug":"i-didnt-have-a-rosy-dawn-but-i-can-share-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/04\/17\/i-didnt-have-a-rosy-dawn-but-i-can-share-one\/","title":{"rendered":"I didn’t have a rosy dawn but I can share one"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RedRed Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Rosy Dawn<\/span><\/p>\n

I have hit a lot of bumps on the path that my life\u00a0has taken me and yesterday I hit another when my site experienced an outage. I had hoped that when I woke up the outage would be resolved but dawn for me wasn’t that rosy.<\/p>\n

Nor was it as rosy as the dawn I photographed at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> two years ago.<\/p>\n

I often think of natural places when life gets stressful for me and I thought of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge to help soothe and calm me while getting through the stresses of last night and this morning. I wish I had been able to get out this glorious morning with my camera in hand but it wasn’t to be. Some times I get the short straw.<\/p>\n

Back to thinking about nature, birds, photography and the amazing, wild\u00a0places that await me.<\/p>\n

Life is good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see my landscape and travel photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back to thinking about nature, birds, photography and the amazing, wild places that await me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1513,223,12,608],"tags":[2514,519,4035,4032],"class_list":["post-14767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-healing","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/red-rock-lakes-roseate-dawn-mia-mcpherson-1385.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-3Qb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15344,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/07\/08\/wigeon-pond-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge-montana\/","url_meta":{"origin":14767,"position":0},"title":"Wigeon Pond, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Montana","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The amazing birds and animals keep me going back to Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge but the scenery and wildness of the area does too.","rel":"","context":"In "Beaverhead County"","block_context":{"text":"Beaverhead County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/montana\/beaverhead-county-montana\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Wigeon Pond, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-wigeon-pond-mia-mcpherson-0532.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-wigeon-pond-mia-mcpherson-0532.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-wigeon-pond-mia-mcpherson-0532.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-wigeon-pond-mia-mcpherson-0532.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7781,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/03\/07\/isnt-it-time-for-the-national-wildlife-refuge-system-to-create-a-wildlife-conservation-stamp\/","url_meta":{"origin":14767,"position":1},"title":"Isn’t It Time For A Wildlife Conservation Stamp?","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a win\/win proposal for the National Wildlife Refuge System and for everyone who visits them. 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