{"id":10032,"date":"2020-03-13T01:25:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T06:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10032"},"modified":"2020-03-13T04:09:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T09:09:12","slug":"blossoming-ambulance-chaser-and-flicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10032","title":{"rendered":"blossoming, ambulance chaser, and flicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from what has been a remarkably anxious week:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/49653799373\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Rose Hill Daffs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49653799373_78f6477aae_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Rose Hill Daffs\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>1. There are flowers everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/49653799338\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Magnolias\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49653799338_05e2b10375_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Magnolias\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>2. As I was walking back from the local watering hole this evening, I passed a family on the main drag just as an ambulance went by. The little boy was so full of joyful excitement, that he imitated the siren and flashing lights with his whole body, running back to tell his father who was a few feet behind that he had just missed this tremendous vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/49654339171\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Dupont Circle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49654339171_d99fabcb82_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Dupont Circle\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>3. Rudi and I went to two movies &#8212; <em>Emma<\/em> and <em>My Spy<\/em> &#8212; on back to back nights this week and enjoyed both quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? What&#8217;s been beautiful in your world lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from what has been a remarkably anxious week: 1. 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