{"id":7929,"date":"2018-04-24T01:50:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T06:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7929"},"modified":"2018-04-24T04:17:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T09:17:56","slug":"cherry-blossoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7929","title":{"rendered":"cherry blossoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Rudi&#8217;s and my bike ride down to see the cherry blossoms by the Tidal Basin and Potomac River a couple weekends ago. They were past peak, which means that there are more leaves than blossoms, so it wasn&#8217;t that ethereal pink cloud look you get during the best period. 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