{"id":12166,"date":"2022-05-13T01:37:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T06:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12166"},"modified":"2022-05-13T05:03:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T10:03:51","slug":"awash-in-yellow-supported-and-bells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12166","title":{"rendered":"awash in yellow, supported, and bells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there. There are a lot of really important things that are not beautiful in the world right now and it&#8217;s easy to get caught up in that and to feel that the negatives are winning. But they aren&#8217;t. They&#8217;re just the loudest. There are beautiful, positive things, too, either occurring naturally or of our own or someone else&#8217;s making. That&#8217;s what these posts on Thursdays are meant to focus on &#8212; finding the kind, the wondrous, or the beautiful moments that are just waiting for us to see them.<\/p>\n<p>Here are three of those moments from my past week:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/52070180058\/\" title=\"Buttercups along the Canal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52070180058_2a137a71e6_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"193\" alt=\"Buttercups along the Canal\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>1. Every vacant lot, field, verge, or tuft of plants are dotted in buttercups at the moment. They&#8217;ll be gone in two weeks, but for now I&#8217;m appreciating the cheerful jolt of color every time I see it.<\/p>\n<p>2. As I was reading posts in a forum on Ravelry leading up to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, one poster suggested adding insoles to galoshes to make being in them all day more palatable. As I wore my wellies all day on Friday about town, I was reminded how much more comfortable mine used to be when I had more supportive footbeds I&#8217;d switch into them. I picked up a new pair (I&#8217;d never replaced the old pair after I drove off with the hiking boots containing them on the roof of my car) on Saturday and my feet, hips, and knees were so grateful on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>3. Rudi and I were biking back from the Mets-Nationals game (yay, Mets!) this afternoon when we passed some of the local daycare child caterpillars out for their afternoon stroll. I dinged my bell merrily for them as we each went our own way, and the wee children stared from their group strollers and walking ropes and waved.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? 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