{"id":5295,"date":"2011-04-16T06:21:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T11:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=5295"},"modified":"2011-04-16T06:21:27","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T11:21:27","slug":"project-365-april-flowers-and-puddles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2011\/04\/16\/project-365-april-flowers-and-puddles\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 365 &#8211; April flowers and puddles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">M<\/span>y dump of photos from the Vancouver trip superseded the usual 365 post last week, but I had a few that I snapped before I left and now a week&#8217;s worth since I got home, so I figured I&#8217;d cram them all together here.<\/p>\n<p>These ones were snapped the weekend before I trundled off across the country.  First, the first step in his career path to the NBA, courtesy of a discarded basketball net snagged from someone&#8217;s curb!  (I love the yellow in the boots, the basketball stand and the jacket.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5585070500\/\" title=\"100:365 Future NBA career by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5022\/5585070500_6d1e4595bf.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"331\" height=\"500\" alt=\"100:365 Future NBA career\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who knew on the first weekend in April I&#8217;d find not only flowers in my front garden, but flowers crawling with bees?! P.S.  Have I mentioned that I love my new camera?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5586930902\/\" title=\"101:365 Bzzzzzzz by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5306\/5586930902_34fdcc6547.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"101:365 Bzzzzzzz\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again with the yellows.  Can you tell I&#8217;m digging our emergence from the season of monochrome?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5604635654\/\" title=\"107:365 Man on a bike by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5267\/5604635654_ba3e858528.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" alt=\"107:365 Man on a bike\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then, it rained.  And rained and rained.  Apparently April showers beget April mud.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5607906304\/\" title=\"108:365 Rain boots by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5106\/5607906304_6588f309df.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" alt=\"108:365 Rain boots\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of my favourite new pastimes is playing &#8220;Ooo, what&#8217;s this new thing growing in my garden?&#8221; Thanks to my Facebook and Flickr friends, I now know that I have puschkillia and scilla creeping across my lawn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5611578960\/\" title=\"109:365 In the garden by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5306\/5611578960_5293f3ac92.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" alt=\"109:365 In the garden\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the most photogenic puddle I&#8217;ve ever encountered, as captured in the light of a barely-risen sun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5614801150\/\" title=\"110:365 Loveliest puddle ever! by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5184\/5614801150_45b5ba2364.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" alt=\"110:365 Loveliest puddle ever!\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I liked it so much I went back for seconds! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5619893417\/\" title=\"112:365 Sunrise on my favourite puddle by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5103\/5619893417_9b71fc4ca7.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" alt=\"112:365 Sunrise on my favourite puddle\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, a dose of cuteness from a quiet morning at the Manotick Public Library.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5617107064\/\" title=\"111:365 Morning at the Manotick library by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5068\/5617107064_100ca34c06.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" alt=\"111:365 Morning at the Manotick library\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t you love the bronze statue of the kids? And yes, he&#8217;s reading <em>Where the Wild Things Are<\/em>.  How have I made it more than nine years into my parenting career and never read that book before? It&#8217;s our new family favourite!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My dump of photos from the Vancouver trip superseded the usual 365 post last week, but I had a few that I snapped before I left and now a week&#8217;s worth since I got home, so I figured I&#8217;d cram them all together here. These ones were snapped the weekend before I trundled off across &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2011\/04\/16\/project-365-april-flowers-and-puddles\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Project 365 &#8211; April flowers and puddles&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-365"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5295"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5303,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5295\/revisions\/5303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}