{"id":1977,"date":"2011-03-28T13:16:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T20:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2011-04-03T03:56:29","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T10:56:29","slug":"spring-showers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/?p=1977","title":{"rendered":"Spring showers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The spring garden hasn&#8217;t been planted yet.\u00a0 Even though the spring solstice has come and gone.<\/p>\n<p>The chicken wire hasn&#8217;t been pulled up from the backside of the pond yet.\u00a0 Even though the sunshine and spring rain has brought a flush of new growth in the brambles and sawgrass on the dam.<\/p>\n<p>The post holes for the buck pen haven&#8217;t been placed yet.\u00a0 Even though the 80 degree days mean mosquitos, gnats, ticks, and bees are out in full force. Which makes anyone digging holes in the leaf debris a living, breathing advertisement for Calamine lotion.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Why didn&#8217;t I get these chores done yet?\u00a0 Now it will be too hot for a good crop of snap peas.\u00a0 Now I will be forced to wade through overgrown brush and weeds just to get to the backside of the pond.\u00a0 Now I will be dripping sweat and swatting insects as I work.<\/p>\n<p>Where did the winter go?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, wait.\u00a0 There it is.<\/p>\n<p>Sleet on the deck this morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/March-2011-135.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1979 aligncenter\" title=\"sleet\" src=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/March-2011-135-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/March-2011-135-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/March-2011-135-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Snow on the dogwood blossoms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/March-2011-129.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1980\" title=\"snow\" src=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/March-2011-129-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/March-2011-129-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/March-2011-129-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ice on the pansies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/March-2011-133.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1981\" title=\"ice\" src=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/March-2011-133-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/March-2011-133-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/March-2011-133-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whew!\u00a0 There&#8217;s still time&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spring garden hasn&#8217;t been planted yet.\u00a0 Even though the spring solstice has come and gone. The chicken wire hasn&#8217;t been pulled up from the backside of the pond yet.\u00a0 Even though the sunshine and spring rain has brought a flush of new growth in the brambles and sawgrass on the dam. 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