{"id":7238,"date":"2026-04-28T21:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=7238"},"modified":"2026-04-29T06:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:45:02","slug":"april-28-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=7238","title":{"rendered":"April 28 Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a2fcac2bf36c&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vlcsnap-00008-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vlcsnap-00008-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vlcsnap-00008-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vlcsnap-00008-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vlcsnap-00008-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vlcsnap-00008.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge image\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I had a busy day. I had to fix my boat trailer (I did most of the work yesterday, but I had to wait for the paint to dry before I could finish it), I pulverized more clumps of clay and screened the fine powder for a new pit that I also started preparing, today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The surface of my mud pit got pretty dry in the three weeks of dry, low-humidity weather we had recently. Since we did just get some rain, I went out there to stir in some water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my little video that I put together so you can see what I&#8217;m dealing with. Be sure to watch it to the end; that&#8217;s where I get into the mud pit wearing a tiny red bikini brief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-28_vlog480p.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a busy day. I had to fix my boat trailer (I did most of the work yesterday, but I had to wait for the paint to dry before I could finish it), I pulverized more clumps of clay and screened the fine powder for a new pit that I also started preparing, today. &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=7238\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,29,53,17,207],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clay-pit","category-mud-pit","category-production-issues","category-the-back-yard","category-video-blog-vlog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7238"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7245,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238\/revisions\/7245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}