{"id":3447,"date":"2017-11-16T14:55:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T20:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:39:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T20:39:07","slug":"abdul-baha-at-the-zoo-in-chicago-day-16-bahai-blogging-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/3447","title":{"rendered":"Abdu&#8217;l-Baha at the zoo in Chicago: Day 16 Baha&#8217;i Blogging Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_9303-2.jpg\" height=\"1000\" class=\"wp-image-3449\" width=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_9303-2.jpg 701w, https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_9303-2-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_9303-2-700x999.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I live about one mile from the Lincoln Park Zoo, one of the last free zoos in America. On a summer evening, we may ride our bikes there, stroll in the gardens, or look at the animals. It is a magical place to me in many ways. I remember coming across this photo years ago and being struck by it. Abdu&#8217;l-Baha leaning over the railing of the enclosure, looking at the animals in 1912 on His visit to America. Having mostly seen posed photos over the years, it was a revelation to see Him doing such a relatable thing in my hometown.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_9304.jpg\" height=\"702\" class=\"wp-image-3446\" width=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_9304.jpg 900w, https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_9304-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_9304-768x599.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_9304-816x636.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I wonder what the conversation amongst the local Baha&#8217;is was like when planning His visit and trying to figure out where to take Him. I may try to find out if any of the original structures shown in these photos still exist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I live about one mile from the Lincoln Park Zoo, one of the last free zoos in America. On a summer evening, we may ride our bikes there, stroll in the gardens, or look at the animals. It is a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bahai","category-chicago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3447"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3712,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447\/revisions\/3712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}