{"id":1028,"date":"2014-01-09T15:42:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T23:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2014-01-09T15:43:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T23:43:11","slug":"winter-walks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=1028","title":{"rendered":"Winter Walks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"the<\/a>The trails at Greenbank Farm are so enticing and so close-by.\u00a0 People enjoying the view and dogs enjoying what dogs enjoy!<\/p>\n

I just wandered around our bit of green and noticed things sprouting.\u00a0 The meadow that we re-seeded and covered in straw is alive with sprouts.\u00a0 The Hydrangea that has wintered outside in a pot has new sprouts.\u00a0 This is a really new concept – winter spouts – spring not far behind.<\/p>\n

The beautiful cedar tree standing on the meadow’s edge does not look well.\u00a0 During initial clearing, the top of the tree was lopped off by a fallen tree.\u00a0 The green seems to be agonizingly pale.\u00a0 I hope the tree survives, but if not it will become a terrific home for woodpeckers and such and a wonderful post for visiting hawks….maybe even an eagle.<\/p>\n

Recently, the frogs have started singing and the other night I heard owls.\u00a0 One thing about living in such a tight house is the absence of outside noise.\u00a0 That’s the noise I want to hear.\u00a0 Not the internal annoyances.\u00a0 We open the windows at night regardless of the temperature and then we build a fire.<\/p>\n

At the moment, the wind is howling through the trees.\u00a0 On my walk, there were lots of downed branches and I knew I shouldn’t be out without a hard hat!\u00a0 I tried out my new purple BOGS in the muddy meadow and they are great.\u00a0 Most excellent gift!<\/p>\n

Lots of unpacking has been down.\u00a0 The furniture and been rearranged again.\u00a0 Art is up and there is more to come.\u00a0 We have a collection of Hmong needlework that we need to get framed and on the walls.\u00a0 Hmm, we purchased those nearly 28 years ago.\u00a0 I think it’s time.\u00a0 We also have some wonderful mixed media, woven and sewn pieces from Turkey and those also need to go up.\u00a0 The color will be brilliant and fun.\u00a0 There are other works that are waiting to go up.\u00a0 A couple of them have been with us since before we were married.\u00a0 Big, glorious works.\u00a0 Bijou<\/em> and Gary and the Quaker Oats Man<\/em> <\/strong>– friends indeed!\u00a0 I can’t wait to show them their new space!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The trails at Greenbank Farm are so enticing and so close-by.\u00a0 People enjoying the view and dogs enjoying what dogs enjoy! I just wandered around our bit of green and noticed things sprouting.\u00a0 The meadow that we re-seeded and covered … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1028"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1031,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions\/1031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}