{"id":7119,"date":"2017-05-30T01:13:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T06:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7119"},"modified":"2017-05-30T02:30:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T07:30:32","slug":"memorial-day-weekending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7119","title":{"rendered":"memorial day weekending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/34944649856\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Rudi at Mitchell Park\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4225\/34944649856_865abb8c21.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Rudi at Mitchell Park\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This weekend, while mostly overcast and rainy, was bookended with reading in the park with Rudi.<\/p>\n<p>We caught up with friends over Friday night milkshakes.<\/p>\n<p>We helped celebrate JFK&#8217;s 100th birthday at the Kennedy Center with an aerial dance performance by Bandaloop (which, it turned out, includes a schoolmate of Rudi&#8217;s) and a tribute to Chuck Berry by the Daryl Davis Band (Davis played keyboards for Berry, among others).<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/34852183941\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Bandaloop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4249\/34852183941_3178965374.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Bandaloop\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/34597083060\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Bandaloop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4223\/34597083060_68816b7243.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Bandaloop\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/34821219272\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Bandaloop at the Kennedy Center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4267\/34821219272_de65ebab21.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Bandaloop at the Kennedy Center\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We watched some sports (baseball and car racing and cycling) on tv, as well as the first episode of <em>Anne with an E<\/em> (meh) and the uber-depressing <em>The Big Short<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I picked peas and strawberries at the garden and planted purple basil and alpine strawberries.<\/p>\n<p>We napped while it rained.<\/p>\n<p>I went for a swim, since the community pool opened this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/34852145891\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"The Weekend Draws to a Close\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4248\/34852145891_0dec182b69_m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"The Weekend Draws to a Close\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>How was your Memorial Day weekend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, while mostly overcast and rainy, was bookended with reading in the park with Rudi. 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