{"id":3084,"date":"2013-02-06T15:18:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T21:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2013-04-16T17:54:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T23:54:48","slug":"hail-the-emerging-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=3084","title":{"rendered":"Hail the emerging Spring!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 6, 2013-by John Blair,\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>valleywatch.net editor<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3085\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1st-Crocus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3085\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3085\" alt=\"Sometimes crocus have been earlier, sometimes later but they always herald the coming of Spring. Photo \u00a9 2013 John Blair\" src=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1st-Crocus.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1st-Crocus.jpg 576w, http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1st-Crocus-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sometimes crocus have been earlier, sometimes later but they always herald the coming of Spring. Photo \u00a9 2013 John Blair<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Each year, around this time, I am reminded that Spring is just around the corner when the crocus in the front yard of the Valley Watch office begin to bloom. This year was no exception and I must say that the scene makes me rejoice that the dreary winter is about to pass and new life starts to appear.<\/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>&nbsp; February 6, 2013-by John Blair,\u00a0valleywatch.net editor Each year, around this time, I am reminded that Spring is just around the corner when the crocus in the front yard of the Valley Watch office begin to bloom. This year was &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=3084\">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":[],"class_list":["post-3084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084","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=3084"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3088,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions\/3088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}