{"id":1270,"date":"2011-05-02T07:36:34","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T14:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=690"},"modified":"2011-05-02T07:36:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T14:36:34","slug":"when-exuberance-turns-to-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/02\/when-exuberance-turns-to-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"When Exuberance turns to Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/32a-chaos2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-697\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/32a-chaos2.jpg?resize=216%2C720\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a>When does exuberance turn to chaos?\u00a0 I am not speaking of the recent events in the Middle East, but let\u2019s take a moment to think of the people struggling there (pause) and I\u2019m not thinking of the recent tornadoes in the South, but let\u2019s take another moment to think of the people dealing with natures chaos (pause), I am most definitely not speaking of the royal wedding and it\u2019s thousands of merry makers (no pause necessary enough time was spent on that) but what I am speaking of is my garden.\u00a0 I know what you\u2019re thinking, what trivia what twaddle\u2026 and it\u2019s true in light of what\u2019s happening in the world, but I\u2019ll try to make a metaphor of it any way.\u00a0 Here goes, back in January and February when the bulbs were all bursting forth with joy and promise, I was so relieved at their coming so comforted by their emergence and assurance that winter would not stay and spring would indeed come, I can scarcely believe the exasperation I now feel towards them.\u00a0 These self same perky harbingers are now drooping and draping all over the place serving only to block the way of summer beauties and I might add lend safe haven to invading troops of snails and slugs. \u00a0I guess that is the fickle nature of nature itself, always reaching towards the light, stretching, growing, dying, and stretching again. 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