{"id":1339,"date":"2023-06-30T22:59:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T02:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-beasties-houseplant\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T11:15:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:15:30","slug":"sketchbook-beasties-houseplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-beasties-houseplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook \/\/ beastie\u2019s houseplant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1346\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-beasties-houseplant\/beastie-w-houseplant\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/beastie-w-houseplant.jpg?fit=1662%2C2216&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1662,2216\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 13&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1684271435&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"beastie-w-houseplant\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/beastie-w-houseplant.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1346\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/beastie-w-houseplant.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"photo of pencil sketch of cute monster or beastie, sitting with a potted houseplant cradled between outstretched hind paws. Copyright \u00a9 K. Talmage\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/beastie-w-houseplant.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/beastie-w-houseplant.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/beastie-w-houseplant.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/beastie-w-houseplant.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/beastie-w-houseplant.jpg?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/beastie-w-houseplant.jpg?w=1662&amp;ssl=1 1662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I do like seated plump beasties and dragons, critters with thingies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I do like seated plump beasties and dragons, critters with thingies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,298,94],"tags":[387,20,342,390,389,386,388,252],"class_list":["post-1339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-patreon","category-sketches","tag-beastie","tag-critters","tag-gardener","tag-houseplant","tag-monster","tag-patreon-post","tag-plant","tag-sketchbook"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/beastie-w-houseplant.jpg?fit=1662%2C2216&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pakBUO-lB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1851,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-mouse-maker\/","url_meta":{"origin":1339,"position":0},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ Mouse Maker","author":"Kir","date":"20 September 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Is he packing things to ship? 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