{"id":11026,"date":"2021-02-08T01:32:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T06:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=11026"},"modified":"2021-02-08T03:48:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T08:48:17","slug":"no-snow-but-lo-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=11026","title":{"rendered":"no snow, but, lo! flowers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With apologies to my northern readers, I thought I&#8217;d share some of my photos from walking around this weekend, since our snowstorm gave us no accumulation today.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/50921718622\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Snowdrops\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50921718622_5cc9d11fdb_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Snowdrops\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I first saw snowdrops in the week after Christmas. They&#8217;re growing in huge clumps around the grounds of the Quaker meetinghouse.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/50921590996\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Winter Jasmine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50921590996_d0dbf63c73_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Winter Jasmine\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Georgetown continues to be full of winter jasmine.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/50921598436\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"February Sunset over Rosslyn\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50921598436_8027c9efd6_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"February Sunset over Rosslyn\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/50921726842\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Seagulls by the Potomac\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50921726842_1c0c809fd3_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Seagulls by the Potomac\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/50921601446\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Sunset over the Potomac\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50921601446_c09d733827_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Sunset over the Potomac\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/50921729072\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Clouds at Dusk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50921729072_6f42b23f0f_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Clouds at Dusk\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It was a lovely sunset this evening over the Potomac River. 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