{"id":11226,"date":"2021-04-23T01:21:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T06:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=11226"},"modified":"2021-04-23T03:21:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T08:21:34","slug":"pterodactyl-purple-harvest-and-restored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=11226","title":{"rendered":"pterodactyl, purple harvest, and restored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/51132896426\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Violets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51132896426_7b22440e80_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Violets\"><\/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. I pass a blue heron flying low over the Potomac River, I assume doing a grocery run toward the end of the day. With its loopy neck, triangular head, and long legs, it resembles a flying reptile of yore.<\/p>\n<p>2. Violets are my favorite flower, and there&#8217;s about a three-week period every spring where they overrun the garden. When I stopped by on Sunday, I was surprised by how tall they&#8217;d gotten in just a few days, and I brought home a handful to sit in a glass atop the fridge.<\/p>\n<p>3. After an hour of volleyball and a cumulative bike commute of ten miles, I return home from my first game in 400+ days sore, cold, windblown, and exhausted. Rudi took one look at me after I allowed gravity to pull me to the couch and said, &#8220;I haven&#8217;t seen you look this happy in a long time.&#8221;<\/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 my past week: 1. I pass a blue heron flying low over the Potomac River, I assume doing a grocery run toward the end of the day. 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