{"id":1734,"date":"2011-02-16T10:01:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T16:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2011-02-20T11:31:50","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T17:31:50","slug":"spring-is-just-around-the-proverbial-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=1734","title":{"rendered":"Spring is just around the proverbial corner."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1735\" style=\"width: 608px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/1st-Crocus-Spring-2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1735\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1735\" title=\"1st Crocus Spring 2011\" src=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/1st-Crocus-Spring-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/1st-Crocus-Spring-2011.jpg 598w, http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/1st-Crocus-Spring-2011-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo \u00a9 2011 John Blair<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>February 16, 2011- by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walked out of the house this morning and saw some lilac buds anticipating the coming warmth. Then I heard on the radio that temps were to reach into the mid 60s today and tomorrow. It was almost as if I had just gotten a shot in the arm of a wonder drug.<\/p>\n<p>Swept away were the doldrums of gray skies and chills, replaced \u00a0by sunshine and hope.<\/p>\n<p>When I got to the Valley Watch office, I quickly surveyed the garden area that serves as our front yard, looking for emerging tulips or daffodils that I thought might push through the moist, warm soil, recently frozen and barren.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhat disappointed, I inspected the whole frontage and there it was, the first real sign of spring, a single yellow crocus hidden beneath some dead leaves, barely visible to my observing eyes.<\/p>\n<p>I brushed away the dull brown leaves to reveal a beautiful tiny flower, similar to others I had seen in the past but special because of its message of renewal and change. I knew I have made it through another winter and that soon the world would be full of color, greens, reds, blues and even more crocuses as we transitioned from bleak to excited.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy this little flower as much as I did.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 16, 2011- by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. Walked out of the house this morning and saw some lilac buds anticipating the coming warmth. Then I heard on the radio that temps were to reach into the mid 60s today &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=1734\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[35,37,36],"class_list":["post-1734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crocus","tag-hope","tag-spring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1734"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1758,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734\/revisions\/1758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}