{"id":7465,"date":"2017-12-01T00:44:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T05:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7465"},"modified":"2017-12-01T00:44:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T05:44:02","slug":"sunsets-six-year-old-buyer-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7465","title":{"rendered":"more sunsets, six-year-old buyer, and museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from this final week of November:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/38757690591\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Another Connecticut Sunset\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4549\/38757690591_d2cdb32321.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Another Connecticut Sunset\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>1. The sunsets in Connecticut were quite stunning. It was quite nice of my parents to order the premium ones for while we were visiting. (I know a sunset made last week&#8217;s list, but I just really don&#8217;t get to see sunsets that often in the winter\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6)<\/p>\n<p>2. Karen and I stopped in to the comic book shop in Putnam and the owner shared that the way he stocks stuffed animals is by sitting with the catalog with his six-year-old daughter and buying whatever she ooh&#8217;s and aah&#8217;s at.<\/p>\n<p>3. I was late getting to today&#8217;s Creative Mornings talk at the Renwick Gallery (shocker! It&#8217;s first thing in the morning!), but arrived in time to grab the free kolache for breakfast and hear most of the talk about art exhibitions that center around death. Then I got to walk around and look at these <a href=\"https:\/\/americanart.si.edu\/exhibitions\/nutshells\">miniature homicide investigation recreations<\/a> put together by the woman who inspired the character of <em>Murder She Wrote<\/em>&#8216;s Jessica Fletcher. Think macabre dollhouses with an amazing attention to detail. Fascinating!<\/p>\n<p>How about you? What&#8217;s been beautiful in your world lately? (You can check out other Three on Thursday lists over at <a href=\"http:\/\/caroleknits.net\/2017\/11\/30\/three-on-thursday-3030\/\">Carole Knits<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from this final week of November: 1. The sunsets in Connecticut were quite stunning. It was quite nice of my parents to order the premium ones for while we were visiting. 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