{"id":13266,"date":"2025-03-21T16:41:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T21:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13266"},"modified":"2025-03-21T16:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T21:41:24","slug":"final-winter-sunset-solo-sunday-supper-and-sharp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13266","title":{"rendered":"final winter sunset, solo sunday supper, and sharp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/54401502831\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Final Sunset of Winter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54401502831_bed65cd5d7_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Final Sunset of Winter\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>1. Wednesday was a gorgeously warm day, so I spent a good portion of the afternoon and evening outside. As I was talking with my mom on the phone, I caught the reflection of the sunset and moved to get a better angle. Wow!<\/p>\n<p><center><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/54401676799\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Solo Sunday Supper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54401676799_975c8d8d1e.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Solo Sunday Supper\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>2. Usually dinners when Rudi is away are a pretty hit-or-miss affair. Sometimes leftovers, sometimes bowls of cereal, and occasionally something easy I can cobble together on my own. Last Sunday&#8217;s fell into the latter category, but was a fresh baguette, microwavable fondue we bought earlier in the winter for just this occasion, and a glass (in a real wine glass!) of sparkling cider that&#8217;s been sitting unopened in the fridge for months.<\/p>\n<p>3. Mulch is one of those scents, like fallen ginkgo fruit, that is mostly unpleasant. But it&#8217;s also so specifically of a moment in time that when I smell it, I&#8217;m immediately moved. Workers have been redoing beds all over the region this week in the lead-up to the warmer weather and cherry blossom crowds, and it&#8217;s hard to walk for far without the pointed odor of worked tree and planter boxes and front landscaping poking your brain and reminding you that spring is here.<\/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. Wednesday was a gorgeously warm day, so I spent a good portion of the afternoon and evening outside. As I was talking with my mom on the phone, I caught the reflection of the sunset and moved to get a better angle. Wow! 2. 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