{"id":5343,"date":"2013-12-27T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T07:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=5343"},"modified":"2016-10-15T13:36:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T20:36:47","slug":"porchcam-year-in-review-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=5343","title":{"rendered":"PorchCam Year In Review: 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time once again for me to peruse the hundreds of images captured by my front-door mounted web cam. Here are the highlights for 2013.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/fun\/live\/\">Wambooli PorchCam<\/a> sits above my front porch, pointing in whatever direction you want to turn it. An image is snapped whenever you come to visit, so the chances of capturing something interesting are pure luck. Still, over the past year, the camera has taken pictures of some interesting things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5343 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5625'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130101113501.first-image-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5625\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5625'>\n\t\t\t\tFirst image of the new year. Someone pointed the camera at the front door at 11:35AM.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5626'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130119125816.25-degrees-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5626\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5626'>\n\t\t\t\tJanuary 19, 25 degrees outside. Nice and sunny.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5627'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130214125604.valentine-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5627\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5627'>\n\t\t\t\tSt. Valentine&#8217;s day, February 14. It&#8217;s starting to warm up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5628'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130320083456.fdos_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5628\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5628'>\n\t\t\t\tThe first day of spring, March 20th.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5629'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130327134148.stormwater-clean-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5629\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5629'>\n\t\t\t\tMarch 27, that&#8217;s me standing out with the street crew vacuuming up the storm drain.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5630'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130329092026.new_pc-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5630\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5630'>\n\t\t\t\tMarch 29, I bought a new PC and hooked up the camera. It worked!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5631'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130418144853.morton-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5631\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5631'>\n\t\t\t\tCan you find my cat Morton as he surveys the lawn on the 18th of April?\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5632'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130606044008.pre-dawn-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5632\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5632'>\n\t\t\t\tJune 6th. The camera has a much better infrared cutoff filter than my old camera. This type of image is typically captured pre-dawn.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5633'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130607010451.neighbor-lady-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5633\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5633'>\n\t\t\t\tOn June 7 my crazy neighbor lady friend posted something to my front door. See it?\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5634'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130608074530.sprinklers-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5634\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5634'>\n\t\t\t\tThe lawn is receiving some much-needed water.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5635'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130704210613.july4_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5635\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5635'>\n\t\t\t\tIndependence day. Lots of cars in the neighborhood to watch the fireworks display down by the beach.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5636'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130803134121.dan-mows-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5636\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5636'>\n\t\t\t\tYes, I mow my own lawn. August 4.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5637'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130813111829.thunderstorm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5637\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5637'>\n\t\t\t\tGreat thunderstorm and cloudburst in the middle of August.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5638'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20130927165748.simon_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5638\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5638'>\n\t\t\t\tThat&#8217;s my son Simon walking to work.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5639'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131001095210.students-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5639\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5639'>\n\t\t\t\tStudents walking to the college. Yes, my lawn does look nice. Leaves are starting to fall.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5640'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131029082700.leaves-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5640\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5640'>\n\t\t\t\tYep, leaves are falling. October 29.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5641'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131207090019.3degrees-16-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5641\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5641'>\n\t\t\t\tI took this picture. We had a cold snap (December 7). Earlier it was zero outside. This picture was taken when the temperature was 3\u00baF or -16\u00baC.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Along with the Gallery (above), I found two series of images worth keeping. These were sequential images taken during two events: My fixing a broken sprinkler head and two trees being removed. I animated them into two movies, shown below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/trees.mov\">July 18 Tree Removal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sequence-1.mov\">June 25 Sprinkler Repair<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the highlights from the Wambooli PorchCam for 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-5343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main","tag-porchcam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5343"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5645,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5343\/revisions\/5645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}