{"id":7053,"date":"2017-04-13T17:19:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T22:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7053"},"modified":"2017-04-13T17:19:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T22:19:49","slug":"butterfly-blooms-cover-squirming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7053","title":{"rendered":"butterfly blooms, cover, and squirming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/33863212242\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Dogwood at the Moroccan Embassy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2867\/33863212242_83ba962771.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Dogwood at the Moroccan Embassy\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. I say this every year, but pink dogwoods always look like a flock of butterflies have paused for a nap in a tree. Cherries are beautiful, but dogwoods just give me that extra burst of joy.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/33863215052\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Dogwood\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2825\/33863215052_d76dfa10ba.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Dogwood\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>2. Disturbed may have appeared more than a year ago on <em>Conan<\/em>, but I only came across their performance this week:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bk7RVw3I8eg?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>3. We had to take Jeremiah to the emergency vet on Sunday for what turned out to be a urinary tract infection (but that we feared was a blockage, which can be fatal). He has three medicines that we&#8217;re giving him and the first couple days he was a relatively docile patient. In the past 24 hours, though, he&#8217;s become a little feisty and has taken to squirming while we dose him. Clearly, my boy is feeling better.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? What&#8217;s been beautiful in your world recently?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from my past week: 1. I say this every year, but pink dogwoods always look like a flock of butterflies have paused for a nap in a tree. Cherries are beautiful, but dogwoods just give me that extra burst of joy. 2. 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