![\"March1Snowdrop\"](\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/March1Snowdrop1.png\" "\\"March1Snowdrop\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe sun is nervous
\nAs a kite
\nThat can\u2019t quite keep
\nIts own string tight.<\/p>\n
Some days are fair,
\nAnd some are raw.
\nThe timid earth
\nDecides to thaw.<\/p>\n
Shy budlets peep
\nFrom twigs on trees,
\nAnd robins join
\nThe chickadees.<\/p>\n
Pale crocuses
\nPoke through the ground
\nLike noses come
\nTo sniff around.<\/p>\n
The mud smells happy \u2014John Updike<\/em><\/p>\n A poem, and a sketch, for the new month. The sun is nervous As a kite That can\u2019t quite keep Its own string tight. Some days are fair, And some are raw. The timid earth Decides to thaw. Shy budlets peep From twigs on trees, And robins join The chickadees. Pale crocuses Poke through theRead 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":[76,17,19,117,3],"class_list":["post-6617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sketchbook","tag-flowers","tag-penink","tag-poem","tag-snow","tag-watercolor"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617","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=6617"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6628,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617\/revisions\/6628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOn our shoes.
\nWe still wear mittens,
\nWhich we lose.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Polly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"