{"id":1022,"date":"2010-05-11T17:14:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T17:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voteforjoe.com\/wheresjoe\/?p=460"},"modified":"2010-05-11T17:14:31","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T17:14:31","slug":"live-in-harmony-with-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=1022","title":{"rendered":"“…live in harmony with nature.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

We stopped at Serenity Pond in Kurten, Texas. \u00a0 This is 10-acres of private property that Patricia Jane McCain turned into a “Wildlife & Bird Sanctuary.” \u00a0 She built a home on the property in 1987 and then set about, not only preserving as much as possible, but adding even more touches of natural habitat. \u00a0 Ms. McCain wrote regular columns for the Bryan (TX) Eagle<\/em>. \u00a0 And \u00a0the writing and preservation work on her own land inspired many in these parts to become more naturalist oriented. \u00a0 She also is part of the Backyard Natural Habitat Project<\/em>, \u00a0 which many states now have. \u00a0 On a tour of her grounds, she told us the species of birds here include painted buntings, black birds, woodpeckers, cardinals… \u00a0 Besides the writing, she regularly conducted tours at her place for deaf children, inner city children, local school children… \u00a0 Her philosophy is to “…live in harmony with nature.” \u00a0 Note:<\/strong> \u00a0 Ms. McCain was married to a first cousin of Senator John McCain. \u00a0 What’s more, her father, \u00a0William Tillinghast, did major renovations to the inside of the White House during the Truman administration during the 1950s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We stopped at Serenity Pond in Kurten, Texas. \u00a0 This is 10-acres of private property that Patricia Jane McCain turned into a “Wildlife & Bird Sanctuary.” \u00a0 She built a home on the property in 1987 and then set about, …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}