{"id":1611,"date":"2013-03-22T09:46:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T16:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2013-03-22T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T16:46:25","slug":"stop-and-smell-the-daffodils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/22\/stop-and-smell-the-daffodils\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop and Smell the Daffodils"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1612\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/143a-dafodil.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1612\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1612\" alt=\"Daffodil, Northern California's harbinger of Spring\" src=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/143a-dafodil.jpg?resize=550%2C432\" width=\"550\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daffodil, Northern California&#8217;s harbinger of Spring<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Spring has officially sprung, Happy Vernal Equinox to you all (a few days late).\u00a0 While the daffodils have been blooming here in Northern California for a month or so it doesn\u2019t really feel like spring until the time change gives us a longer evening, time to poke around the yard or the neighborhood.\u00a0 Spring is full of hope and expectation, pondering what to plant in the garden or anticipating the opening of your local farmers market.\u00a0 We start thinking about asparagus and snow peas &#8211;\u00a0 enough of the butternut squash!\u00a0 The length of the day the lightness of the air all combines to lift the spirit in this wondrous cycle of seasons, thank goodness for the this earthly change of attitude to remind us once again that the darkness leads to light, the frost struck morning turns to balmy spring evening, all praise the orbit of the earth around the sun, Spring is here!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1613\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/143b-cala-lily.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1613\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1613\" alt=\"The Lovely Calla Lily\" src=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/143b-cala-lily.jpg?resize=432%2C550\" width=\"432\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lovely Calla Lily<\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>These three pieces were drawn on my iPad three odes to Spring, Cala Lily, Daffodil and a white daffodil sized flower that I would like to know the name of\u2026anybody?<\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1614\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/143c-whites.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" 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