{"id":13290,"date":"2025-04-18T01:34:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T06:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13290"},"modified":"2025-04-18T02:46:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T07:46:18","slug":"nursery-nosegay-and-not-on-spring-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13290","title":{"rendered":"nursery, nosegay, and not on spring break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/54458538887\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Redbud\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54458538887_fe2c05be53_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Redbud\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. It was cold and rainy last Friday, so Rudi and I went and bought seedlings for the garden &#8212; endive, herbs, strawberries, beets, and flowers. It made us feel very cheerful about the spring gardening season. Now I just need to finish putting it all into the ground!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/54458537137\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"First Violet Harvest\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54458537137_cec130c778_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"First Violet Harvest\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>2. One of the things that I grow in the garden are violets, and the image above is why. When you pick a single violet, you don&#8217;t get the scent. If you pick an entire nosegay, on the other hand, you are treated to a gentle, but heavenly perfume that fades after a day or so.<\/p>\n<p>3. Even though our local schools are on spring break this week, my coaching volunteer gig kicked off its outdoor season. It was good to see my fellow coaches and to get to start teaching kids volleyball again.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? 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