{"id":9,"date":"2009-07-28T10:06:43","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T15:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=9"},"modified":"2023-04-29T07:52:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T11:52:02","slug":"welcome-to-willceau-illo-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/07\/28\/welcome-to-willceau-illo-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Willceau Illo News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11\" data-attachment-id=\"11\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/07\/28\/welcome-to-willceau-illo-news\/eggs\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/eggs.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Watch this Space!\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo manipulation by Joe Williams&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Watch this Space!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/eggs.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11\" title=\"Watch this Space!\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/eggs.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Watch this Space!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/eggs.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/eggs.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch this Space!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hello and welcome!<\/p>\n<p>This is the spot to find out what&#8217;s going on with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.willceau.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Willceau Illo<\/a><\/strong>. We&#8217;ll let you know what Tina and Joe are up to; have a look at works in progress; have some blasts from the past, and generally kick around ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Visit often and feel free to comment!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>-Joe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome! This is the spot to find out what&#8217;s going on with Willceau Illo. We&#8217;ll let you know what Tina and Joe are up to; have a look at works in progress; have some blasts from the past, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/07\/28\/welcome-to-willceau-illo-news\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[13,15,3661,5,3662,6,3660],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-eggs","tag-eyes","tag-illustration","tag-joe-williams","tag-photo-manipulation","tag-tina-garceau","tag-willceau"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22000,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/03\/26\/sunday-funnies\/","url_meta":{"origin":9,"position":0},"title":"Sunday Funnies","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"March 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Now you can enjoy the adventures of Mickey the Monkey and Sylvia the Bird in a mobile device friendly format right here at Willceau Illo News! Read it HERE! Like what you see? Let us know about it in the comments below. Are you interested in a printed, mini-comic version?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Monkey &amp; Bird&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Monkey &amp; Bird","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/monkey-bird\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Monkey & Bird Web Comic","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Monkey_and_Brid-CH1-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Monkey_and_Brid-CH1-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Monkey_and_Brid-CH1-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5704,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/24\/christmas-eve\/","url_meta":{"origin":9,"position":1},"title":"It&#8217;s Christmas Eve&#8230;","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"December 24, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Have you been nice? Or have you been naughty?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Drawer Cards&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Drawer Cards","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/drawer-cards\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"XmasCard2011-nice","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7164\/6562130341_1956088863_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4311,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/09\/16\/monkey-bird-mini-comic-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":9,"position":2},"title":"Monkey &#038; Bird Mini-Comic &#8211; Available NOW!","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"September 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're a regular at Willceau Illo News, you have read about the creation of the print version of our fabulous webcomic Monkey & Bird! If you would like your very own to have and to hold, you can order yours HERE!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Monkey &amp; Bird&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Monkey &amp; Bird","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/monkey-bird\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Monkey & Bird Mini-Comic","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6157\/6144422186_aef5d3b7bf_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6157\/6144422186_aef5d3b7bf_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6157\/6144422186_aef5d3b7bf_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4488,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/09\/30\/monkey-bird-enchanted-evening\/","url_meta":{"origin":9,"position":3},"title":"Monkey &#038; Bird &#8211; Some Enchanted Evening","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"September 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Monkey & Bird by Joe Willams & Tina Garceau continues TODAY at CO2 Comics. Click HERE to see how Mickey and Sylvia's starlit rendezvous is going! If you are a regular reader of Willceau Illo News, you may have read this article where I wrote of my back and forth\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Monkey &amp; Bird&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Monkey &amp; Bird","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/monkey-bird\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/MB-ch2-12-nowordz.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/MB-ch2-12-nowordz.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/MB-ch2-12-nowordz.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38363,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/07\/28\/13-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":9,"position":4},"title":"13 Years","author":"Joe","date":"July 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Willceau Illo News is 13! Our blog is celebrating an anniversary today. 13 years ago today I installed and fired up a Wordpress blog on my site and was pleased and surprised that it actually worked! Thanks to all of you who drop in on this little junk drawer of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Thirteen.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":47034,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/02\/04\/snow-day-week-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":9,"position":5},"title":"Snow Day&#8230;Week&#8230;Month?","author":"Joe","date":"February 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Arctic temperatures, snow that won't go away as well as a local leadership that seems baffled by the presence of frozen precipitation in cold months has put a damper on our homestead and our activities at Willceau Illo News. We will be back.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Looking South&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Looking South","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/looking-south\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/009-shivering-guy-tone.jpg?fit=597%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/009-shivering-guy-tone.jpg?fit=597%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/009-shivering-guy-tone.jpg?fit=597%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}