{"id":6691,"date":"2013-05-31T21:19:47","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T01:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=6691"},"modified":"2013-06-01T08:31:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T12:31:30","slug":"through-hills-and-seas-to-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=6691","title":{"rendered":"Through Hills and Seas to the Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I carved out some time on my birthday to sit in the garden, despite deadlines, mosquitoes and heat, to sit and sketch. It was quiet except for the chirping of birds (especially numerous in our tiny garden this spring) and the distant hum of air-conditioners along the alley. Even a short time spent among growing things is restorative. I share the sketch and this poem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GardenMay2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6692\" alt=\"GardenMay2013\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GardenMay2013.jpg\" width=\"419\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GardenMay2013.jpg 775w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GardenMay2013-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The trees put forth luxuriant foliage,<br \/>\nthe spring begins to flow in a trickle.<br \/>\nI admire the seasonableness of nature<br \/>\nand am moved to think<br \/>\nThat my life will come to its close.<br \/>\nSo little time are we granted human form in the world.<br \/>\nMy eyes wander<br \/>\nover the pictures of hills and seas.<br \/>\nAt a single glance<br \/>\nI survey the whole universe.<br \/>\nHe will never be happy,<br \/>\nwhom such pleasures fail to please!<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Tao Ch\u2019ien<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CakeLilyValley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6676\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" alt=\"CakeLilyValley\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CakeLilyValley.png\" width=\"130\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a>Sheila<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/CakeSun.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6693\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" alt=\"CakeSun\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/CakeSun.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a>Dorothy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I carved out some time on my birthday to sit in the garden, despite deadlines, mosquitoes and heat, to sit and sketch. It was quiet except for the chirping of birds (especially numerous in our tiny garden this spring) and the distant hum of air-conditioners along the alley. Even a short time spent among growing<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=6691\">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":[76,73,17,19,3],"class_list":["post-6691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sketchbook","tag-flowers","tag-garden","tag-penink","tag-poem","tag-watercolor"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6691","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=6691"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6699,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6691\/revisions\/6699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}