{"id":9607,"date":"2026-01-31T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=9607"},"modified":"2026-01-31T17:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:46:00","slug":"i-spy-with-my-little-eye-something-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-something-green\/","title":{"rendered":"I spy with my little eye….something green."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Iggy, 2025 Kelly John-Strate CC BY S.A. 4.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I spy with my little eye….something green., 2025 Kelly John-Strate CC BY S.A. 4.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

This unexpected photo was taken while on a lunchbreak. I was enjoying the weather, people watching, and finding my center before going back to that day’s Broward Children’s Literature conference<\/a>. Lo and behold, I spied with my little eye…something green! Hidden among the green leaves of a brilliantly colored firebush<\/a>, our four legged friend is just sun-bathing. As he looks back, and almost side smiles, nature hit’s me like a ton of bricks. Smiling, and sharing this picture with my husband and kids, I walked back into the conference with a pep in my step. The yellow tint around it’s eye, the bright green hue of its scaly body, and that powerful pose, made lunchtime anything but boring. Although he was trying to stay lost in the bush, he was more obvious than he would have liked. Yes, definitely a sight to see! Adding that final touch of off-centered cropping, incorporating the rule of thirds makes seeing and believing Iggy more prominent than the original. Though the original was just as entertaining, the cropped image made him much easier to see and appreciate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This unexpected photo was taken while on a lunchbreak. I was enjoying the weather, people watching, and finding my center before going back to that day’s Broward Children’s Literature conference. Lo and behold, I spied with my little eye…something green!...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-9607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spring-2026","tag-ml3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9613,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9607\/revisions\/9613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}