{"id":5215,"date":"2012-06-22T04:28:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T10:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5215"},"modified":"2026-04-11T14:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:31:29","slug":"summer-heat-and-winter-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/06\/22\/summer-heat-and-winter-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Heat and Winter Cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I looked at the extended weather forecast and it is going to get hot, hot, hot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-174436 size-full\" title=\"Snow covered Wasatch Range view from Farmington Bay, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wasatch-mountains-winter-mia-mcpherson-2756.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wasatch-mountains-winter-mia-mcpherson-2756.jpg\" alt=\"Snow covered Wasatch Range view from Farmington Bay, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" data-id=\"11204\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27638%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20638%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27638%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wasatch-mountains-winter-mia-mcpherson-2756-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wasatch-mountains-winter-mia-mcpherson-2756-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wasatch-mountains-winter-mia-mcpherson-2756-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wasatch-mountains-winter-mia-mcpherson-2756-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wasatch-mountains-winter-mia-mcpherson-2756.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Snow covered Wasatch Range view from Farmington Bay, Utah &#8211; Taken with my Nikon P &amp; S<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So for today\u00a0I decided to post an image that said&#8230; cold, snow and winter. Just looking at it seems to cool me down.<\/p>\n<p>I hope your first weekend of summer is delightful and full of the wonders of nature.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/utah\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Utah landscape and travel photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to post an image that said&#8230; cold, snow and winter. 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