{"id":1570,"date":"2017-02-28T08:44:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T13:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2017-02-28T08:44:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T13:44:53","slug":"a-picture-is-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/a-picture-is-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"A Picture is Worth . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>. . . A Thousand Words at least!\u00a0 Just lookit!\u00a0 We&#8217;re lovin&#8217; our Christmas prezzie from daughter Liz that we&#8217;ve proudly hung by the front door.\u00a0 Thank you Liz!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_0709-e1488120429881.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1540 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_0709-e1488120429881.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/750;\" \/><\/a>What does homesteading mean, anyway?\u00a0 According to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Homesteading\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a>, homeseading is &#8220;a lifestyle of <a title=\"Self-sufficiency\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Self-sufficiency\">self-sufficiency<\/a>. 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