{"id":2937,"date":"2014-11-24T08:40:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T07:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2014-11-24T08:40:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T07:40:13","slug":"sharing-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/11\/24\/sharing-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were enjoying having lunch at a lovely little restaurant overlooking a beautiful gorge (you can&#8217;t see it so well because it was a foggy day), when the waitress asked us if we wanted to feed the birds. \u00a0Turns out the bird was a hornbill with a taste for french fries. \u00a0Seeing the hornbill up close was amazing, and reminded us of home, both C.A.R. and D.R.Congo.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-hornbill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2926\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-hornbill.jpg\" alt=\"blog hornbill\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-hornbill.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-hornbill-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-hornbill-eating.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2924\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-hornbill-eating.jpg\" alt=\"blog hornbill eating\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-hornbill-eating.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-hornbill-eating-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-hornbill-eating.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2925\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-hornbill-eating2.jpg\" alt=\"blog hornbill eating2\" width=\"448\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-hornbill-eating2.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-hornbill-eating2-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2937&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were enjoying having lunch at a lovely little restaurant overlooking a beautiful gorge (you can&#8217;t see it so well because it was a foggy day), when the waitress asked us if we wanted to feed the birds. \u00a0Turns out &hellip; 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