{"id":11442,"date":"2014-03-30T08:02:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T14:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/wp\/?p=11442"},"modified":"2014-03-30T08:02:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T14:02:16","slug":"barely-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/barely-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Barely spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914cherry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914cherry-640x591.jpg\" alt=\"Okame cherry\" width=\"640\" height=\"591\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11445\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spring is running about three weeks late this year. There still is not a lot of color at the botanical garden, but I found a bit more yesterday than on my previous visit, including the very first blossoms on the last remaining Japanese cherry tree.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re heading to Japan in the near future, here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnto.go.jp\/sakura\/eng\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">blossom forecast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914polygonia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914polygonia-640x606.jpg\" alt=\"Comma or question mark?\" width=\"640\" height=\"606\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11448\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914apricot1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914apricot1-584x640.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese apricot\" width=\"584\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11443\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914blue1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914blue1-548x640.jpg\" alt=\"Duranta erecta\" width=\"548\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11444\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914jasmine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914jasmine-640x562.jpg\" alt=\"Jasminum nudiflorum\" width=\"640\" height=\"562\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11446\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914sjasmine1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914sjasmine1-640x635.jpg\" alt=\"Jasminum multiflorum\" width=\"640\" height=\"635\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11449\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914lavender.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914lavender-640x627.jpg\" alt=\"Fuzzy lavender\" width=\"640\" height=\"627\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11447\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914trains.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/042914trains-640x292.jpg\" alt=\"Trains\" width=\"640\" height=\"292\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is running about three weeks late this year. There still is not a lot of color at the botanical garden, but I found a bit more yesterday than on my previous visit, including the very first blossoms on the last remaining Japanese cherry tree. If you&#8217;re heading to Japan in the near future, here&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/barely-spring\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Barely spring&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[101,673],"class_list":["post-11442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-gallery","tag-botanica","tag-photo-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-2Yy","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}