{"id":35591,"date":"2013-04-04T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=35591"},"modified":"2013-04-03T15:05:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T19:05:19","slug":"morning-eye-candy-the-first-spring-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/04\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-the-first-spring-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Eye Candy: The First Spring Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/crocus.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"35597\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/04\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-the-first-spring-day\/attachment\/crocus\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/crocus.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"392,580\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"crocus\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/crocus-202x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/crocus.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35597 aligncenter\" alt=\"crocus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/crocus.jpg\" width=\"392\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/crocus.jpg 392w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/crocus-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wonder if the sap is stirring yet,<br \/>\nIf wintry birds are dreaming of a mate,<br \/>\nIf frozen snowdrops feel as yet the sun<br \/>\nAnd crocus fires are kindling one by one:<br \/>\nSing, robin sing;<br \/>\nI still am sore in doubt concerning Spring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/writersalmanac.publicradio.org\/index.php?date=2001\/04\/10\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The First Spring Day<\/em><\/a> ~ Christina Rossetti<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This poem, along with about a dozen more by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poets.org\/poet.php\/prmPID\/716\" target=\"_blank\">Christina Rossetti<\/a>, was suggested by the author of the Tumblr blog <a href=\"http:\/\/kettlestar.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">uglypants<\/a>. Thank you for your suggestions and for turning me on to a new poet!<\/p>\n<p><em>Crocus minimus<\/em> (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first crocus meets &#8220;The First Day of Spring&#8221; by Christina Rossetti for National Poetry Month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":35596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[146],"tags":[3157,1512,3153,3156],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Crocus-minimus-04.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-9g3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35591"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35601,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35591\/revisions\/35601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}