{"id":13030,"date":"2024-03-22T01:33:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T06:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13030"},"modified":"2024-03-22T07:39:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:39:01","slug":"peak-bloom-celebration-and-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13030","title":{"rendered":"peak bloom, celebration, and road trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/53602533992\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Blossoms\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53602533992_eb58507121_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Blossoms\"\/><\/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. Rudi and I walked around the Tidal Basin to check out the cherry blossoms. 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