{"id":2766,"date":"2016-05-27T20:27:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T20:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2016-05-27T20:27:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T20:27:52","slug":"flying-a-drone-in-merlin-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/flying-a-drone-in-merlin-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying a Drone in Merlin Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Flying a drone in the Merlin Woods in Galway today, I thought of when I watched the movie &#8220;Eye in the Sky&#8221; a few weeks back and how folk fear drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan and such places&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fthomasjcarty%2Fvideos%2Fvb.1068146849%2F10208654234287779%2F%3Ftype%3D3&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Perfect weather for flying<br \/>\nLittle wind, warm sun, not too many passers by<br \/>\nLike a child with a toy, I with a drone<br \/>\nIn heaven there am I.<\/p>\n<p>Passing strangers looked bemused at me<br \/>\n&#8211; No doubt because of my total lack of control! &#8211;<br \/>\nBut this is summer and this is life<br \/>\nThis is what makes life whole.<\/p>\n<p>The snarl in the summer skies<br \/>\nIs to get more common in the coming years<br \/>\nSoon common like the computer it will be<br \/>\nThat so rare now in the sky appears.<\/p>\n<p>As I pack up the drone to go home<br \/>\nThe batteries now ran flat<br \/>\nI think of those who live in fear of drones<br \/>\nAm saddened because of that.<\/p>\n<p>Why is it all that we enjoy<br \/>\nFrom the exotic drone to the humble plane<br \/>\nHas to be used for evil before for good<br \/>\nThats mans priorities, they are insane.<\/p>\n<p>But there is little I can do for them<br \/>\nAs I fly my little drone there<br \/>\nIn Merlin Woods on a summers evening<br \/>\nBar think of them, and say a silent prayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flying a drone in the Merlin Woods in Galway today, I thought of when I watched the movie &#8220;Eye in the Sky&#8221; a few weeks back and how folk fear drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan and such places&#8230; Perfect weather for flying Little wind, warm sun, not too many passers &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1651,7],"tags":[2368,2869,2868],"class_list":["post-2766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gander-around-galway","category-life","tag-afghanistan","tag-eye-in-the-sky","tag-galway-drone","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-IC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1377,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/merlin-woods-christmas-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":2766,"position":0},"title":"Merlin Woods: Christmas Morning","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"25th December 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I did not join they praying crowds In man built temples made of stone I did not go to pray as such Where I went walking on my own In Merlin Woods where each step Echod like a thunderclap Breaking a crytal skin of ice over each pebble and twig\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christmas Poetry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christmas Poetry","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/christmas-poetry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2245,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/plotting-a-duel-in-merlin-woods\/","url_meta":{"origin":2766,"position":1},"title":"Plotting a Duel in Merlin Woods","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"3rd September 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Merlin Woods in a wood near where I live. 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