{"id":1322,"date":"2009-03-31T00:07:30","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T05:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2009-03-31T00:15:39","modified_gmt":"2009-03-31T05:15:39","slug":"saturdays-kites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1322","title":{"rendered":"saturday&#8217;s kites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, we headed across town for our baseball ticket draft. Several hours and 18 baseball tickets later, we decided to walk home from Capitol Hill in order to catch the tail end of the kite festival.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it was a rather damp day and the festival mostly had run its course by the time we made our way down the Mall. But it&#8217;s okay. We saw a few kites anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Some were still aloft:<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/3397348657\/\" title=\"Butterfly Kite by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3591\/3397348657_c38f32afd3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Butterfly Kite\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/3397346339\/\" title=\"Biplane by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3422\/3397346339_e3603960da.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Biplane\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Others were grounded and awaiting relaunch:<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/3398155076\/\" title=\"A Slower Way to Move by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3639\/3398155076_c142a8c8e5.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"A Slower Way to Move\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/3398157632\/\" title=\"Redo by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3608\/3398157632_df540a2b19.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Redo\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/3398157192\/\" title=\"Silhouette by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3457\/3398157192_0edbe2ac60.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Silhouette\" \/><\/a><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Others were permanently out of commission:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/3397348289\/\" title=\"Charlie Brown Tree by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3014\/3397348289_b8527aea6c.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Charlie Brown Tree\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And one was invading:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/3398155492\/\" title=\"Terrorist Attack? by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3584\/3398155492_189201e61b.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Terrorist Attack?\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Beware, America. 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