{"id":9279,"date":"2019-07-12T01:07:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T06:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9279"},"modified":"2019-07-12T04:07:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T09:07:56","slug":"deep-purple-not-afloat-and-seasonal-beverages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9279","title":{"rendered":"deep purple, not afloat, and seasonal beverages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/48263632121\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Ripe Garden Blackberry\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48263632121_b1e01e3b0a.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Ripe Garden Blackberry\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. The blackberries that grow along our garden fence are finally ripening. I have to compete with passersby, fellow gardeners, and birds, though, so most of the ones I pick are still a little on the tart side.<\/p>\n<p>2. Four inches of rain fell on D.C. in a single hour on Monday morning, but mostly it stayed on the outside, where it belonged.<\/p>\n<p>3. I am up to my third home-brewed ice tea success of the season. The first two were fruity herbal teas my folks gave me for Christmas a couple years back &#8212; pomegranate pear ginger and hibiscus raspberry currant &#8212; and today&#8217;s was Moroccan mint. I brew a pot at a time and then store it in the fridge in an old gallon glass milk jar. We&#8217;re out of simple syrup, but I mix it with lemonade for aromatic twists on the traditional Arnold Palmer.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? What&#8217;s been beautiful in your world this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from my past week: 1. The blackberries that grow along our garden fence are finally ripening. 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