{"id":10423,"date":"2020-07-24T00:14:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T05:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10423"},"modified":"2020-07-24T00:14:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T05:14:36","slug":"flamboyant-flyers-light-show-and-play-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10423","title":{"rendered":"flamboyant flyers, light show, and play ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/50142911623\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Homemade Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50142911623_0f1c342469_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Homemade Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. When I went down to the garden Sunday evening, the field was full of dragonflies glittering and glinting in the late day sun.<\/p>\n<p>2. We have had several spectacular thunderstorms in the region this week. Some have been far enough away that we were simply able to keep an eye on the light show from afar, while others flashed and boomed and poured rain down on our neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>3. We took our lawn chairs, store-brand Cracker Jack, and shelled peanuts up to the park to listen to as much of the game as the Nationals and Yankees were able to cram in before the rain on Opening Day. I forget in the off-season how much knitting one can get done while listening to games on the radio! (I have mixed feelings about the decision to hold professional sport events, but apparently not enough to boycott them, at least at this stage.)<\/p>\n<p>What about you? 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