{"id":4323,"date":"2011-05-04T06:07:40","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T10:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=4323"},"modified":"2021-05-30T23:13:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T03:13:52","slug":"flowry-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=4323","title":{"rendered":"Flow\u2019ry May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clematis, pansies, primroses, lily-of-the-valley: our tiny city garden is bursting into bloom.<\/p>\n<p>For today, a sketch and a poem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Clematis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4324\" title=\"Clematis\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Clematis.jpg\" alt=\"Clematis\" width=\"472\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Clematis.jpg 675w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Clematis-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address>Now the bright morning star, day\u2019s harbinger,<\/address>\n<address>Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her<\/address>\n<address>The flow\u2019ry May, who from her green lap throws<\/address>\n<address>The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose.<\/address>\n<address>Hail, bounteous May, thou dost inspire<\/address>\n<address>Mirth and youth and warm desire!<\/address>\n<address>Woods and groves are of thy dressing,<\/address>\n<address>Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing.<\/address>\n<address>Thus we salute thee with our early song,<\/address>\n<address>And welcome thee, and wish thee long.<\/address>\n<p>\u2014John Milton\u202f(1608-1674)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/CakeLilyValley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4325\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"CakeLilyValley\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/CakeLilyValley.png\" alt=\"CakeLilyValley\" width=\"130\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a>Jacqui<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/CakeViolets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4326\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"CakeViolets\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/CakeViolets.png\" alt=\"CakeViolets\" width=\"125\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a>Aunt Francie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clematis, pansies, primroses, lily-of-the-valley: our tiny city garden is bursting into bloom. For today, a sketch and a poem. Now the bright morning star, day\u2019s harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flow\u2019ry May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, thou<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=4323\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[47,76,19,144,72,3,46],"class_list":["post-4323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sketchbook","tag-dc","tag-flowers","tag-poem","tag-print","tag-spring","tag-watercolor","tag-woodley-park"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4323"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9166,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323\/revisions\/9166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}