{"id":8809,"date":"2020-05-06T11:18:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T15:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=8809"},"modified":"2020-04-09T11:03:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T15:03:15","slug":"permanently-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2020\/05\/06\/permanently-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Permanently Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"8810\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2020\/05\/06\/permanently-halloween\/keywestgolf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KeyWestGolf.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"707,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KeyWestGolf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KeyWestGolf-276x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KeyWestGolf-414x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KeyWestGolf-414x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KeyWestGolf-414x600.jpg 414w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KeyWestGolf-276x400.jpg 276w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KeyWestGolf-104x150.jpg 104w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KeyWestGolf-99x144.jpg 99w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KeyWestGolf.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><figcaption> John Margolies Dragon and pumpkin, Magic Carpet Golf, Key West, Florida  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA  http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/mrg.03060  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was inspired by images from road-side America, and went digging through more photo collections to find more magic in Florida.  I really hope that this mini-golf course still exists, though I imagine it&#8217;d be awfully faded by now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was inspired by images from road-side America, and went digging through more photo collections to find more magic in Florida. I really hope that this mini-golf course still exists, though I imagine it&#8217;d be awfully faded by now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[227,158],"class_list":["post-8809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-florida","tag-halloween"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6650,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/10\/31\/dragon\/","url_meta":{"origin":8809,"position":0},"title":"dragon","author":"leems","date":"October 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Halloween from Florida!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"2015Drawlloween31","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015Drawlloween31-400x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11195,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2025\/12\/18\/christmas-time-in-florida\/","url_meta":{"origin":8809,"position":1},"title":"Christmas time in Florida","author":"leems","date":"December 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gCHQ3kVQSm8?si=LTFbkaUk3Lo5p-tb The song \"Christmas in Florida,\" written by John A. 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