{"id":19,"date":"2021-03-08T11:04:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T16:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jfowlerphotography.hostpapadesign.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2021-03-23T10:58:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T14:58:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jfowlerphotography.net\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19\" class=\"elementor elementor-19\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0a11b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e0a11b4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3162164\" data-id=\"3162164\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5187210 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5187210\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7eefd6\" data-id=\"d7eefd6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b955f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b955f5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-58d98a1\" data-id=\"58d98a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdcdc5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdcdc5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This blog\/website has been in operation for more than eight years. As most of you already know, I am unapologetically crazy about wild orchids. I\u2019ve been known to travel great distances just to see a single species in bloom. This blog\/website intends to be a vehicle to share my adventures with you so that, hopefully, you might begin to appreciate why I am so fixated on wild orchids.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am currently headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. It\u2019s an area at the edge of the Southern Appalachian Mountains that is rich with all sorts of wildflowers \u2014 including many dozens of orchid species.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bb1bdf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bb1bdf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b588896\" data-id=\"b588896\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7b4526 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a7b4526\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/jfowlerphotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jfowlerphotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jfowlerphotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jfowlerphotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/7-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f6b79b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f6b79b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cb3ab7\" data-id=\"0cb3ab7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b756fb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b756fb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This shot was taken July 1, 2006, just beside the access road to Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina, near the Blue Ridge Parkway. The orchids surrounding me are Platanthera psycodes, also known as Small purple fringed orchids.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay tuned, and enjoy my wildflower adventures.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 Jim<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a9 Jim Fowler and Jim\u2019s Blog and jfowlerphotography.net, 2013 \u2013 2021. Unauthorized use and\/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site\u2019s author and\/or owner is strictly prohibited. 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