{"id":9875,"date":"2020-01-27T01:28:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T06:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9875"},"modified":"2020-01-27T03:57:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T08:57:07","slug":"musings-on-time-and-weather-inspired-by-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9875","title":{"rendered":"musings on time and weather inspired by flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/49448224458\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Early\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49448224458_83b4ce4ed7_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Early\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>One of the nice things about having a blog is that it gives you an anchor in history. (I hear from blogless people that Facebook serves a similar purpose.) I can see daffodils today and think, gosh, this is way too early. But then I can go back to previous Januaries and see that we&#8217;re probably only a week early. I had snowdrops pictured in the final weekend of January last year, rather than in the middle of the month, and the daffodils didn&#8217;t turn yellow until February. (Also, how is February arriving at the end of this week?!)<\/p>\n<p>With highs predicted for this next week to remain in the 40s, I suspect this daff will unfurl itself in short order. Right now, it looks not dissimilar to me when I am fooled by bright sunshine into leaving the house underdressed only to wish 15 minutes later that I had a warm layer to block the breeze.<\/p>\n<p>The past couple days I was out during the day in just a baseball tee and sweatshirt (and knitted accessories). But as the sun sets, it still cools off quickly and I&#8217;m glad to pull on a jacket or puffy vest. 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