{"id":7260,"date":"2026-05-04T14:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=7260"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:20:27","slug":"stirring-the-mud-pit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=7260","title":{"rendered":"Stirring the Mud Pit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f90cb3b529c&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" 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\/05\/2026-05-04_mud-pit-foot-forward-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-04_mud-pit-foot-forward-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-04_mud-pit-foot-forward-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-04_mud-pit-foot-forward-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-04_mud-pit-foot-forward-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-04_mud-pit-foot-forward.jpg 1349w\" 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&#8217;m still grooming the mud pit for a video I want to shoot. I shot a little video while stirring some water into the mud. It&#8217;s hard work, but it has to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have recently released two new clips for sale, so please check those out, too. I&#8217;ll probably find time to edit some more, soon. Be sure to check here, or my store for updates!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you enjoy this free, behind the scenes video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-04_stirring.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still grooming the mud pit for a video I want to shoot. I shot a little video while stirring some water into the mud. It&#8217;s hard work, but it has to be done. I have recently released two new clips for sale, so please check those out, too. I&#8217;ll probably find time to edit &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=7260\">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":[29,53,17,207],"tags":[102],"class_list":["post-7260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mud-pit","category-production-issues","category-the-back-yard","category-video-blog-vlog","tag-jean-shorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7260","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=7260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7263,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7260\/revisions\/7263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}