{"id":4805,"date":"2023-09-28T02:35:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T02:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/?p=4805"},"modified":"2024-01-22T01:16:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T01:16:29","slug":"offerings-of-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/28\/offerings-of-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Offerings of stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/f8explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5174-1-768x1024-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4866\" style=\"width:576px;height:768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/f8explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5174-1-768x1024-1.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/f8explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5174-1-768x1024-1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/f8explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5174-1-768x1024-1.jpg?resize=53%2C70&amp;ssl=1 53w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An offering bowl filled with stones rests in front of a statue in front of a residence in Abemarle County, Va., on Sept. 27, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Photos by Mike Tripp \/ F8 Explorer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Photographer\u2019s Note:&nbsp;<\/strong>I honestly wish I knew what this statue was.  I believe its connected to Buddhism but because I&#8217;m not sure &#8230;. I&#8217;m not going to say.  Did do some quick research but again &#8230; I&#8217;m just not sure. Will update the caption when I&#8217;m positive of it, one way or the other. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A<em>nother photograph captured with my iPhone.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An offering bowl filled with stones rests in front of a statue in front of a residence in Abemarle County, Va., on Sept. 27, 2023. (Photos by Mike Tripp \/ F8 Explorer) &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Photographer\u2019s Note:&nbsp;I honestly wish I knew what this statue was. I believe its connected to Buddhism but because I&#8217;m not sure &#8230;. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,84,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone-photography","category-scenics","category-spiritual"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/f8explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5174-1-768x1024-1.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4805"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4867,"href":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4805\/revisions\/4867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}