{"id":214,"date":"2021-03-21T20:12:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T20:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colossalthought.com\/?p=214"},"modified":"2025-10-09T20:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:17:01","slug":"springtime-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colossalthought.com\/?p=214","title":{"rendered":"Springtime Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/colossalthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EEB88CED-25F0-444B-9396-2056A83190A5_1_201_a.jpeg?resize=459%2C597&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216\" width=\"459\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/colossalthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EEB88CED-25F0-444B-9396-2056A83190A5_1_201_a.jpeg?w=416&amp;ssl=1 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/colossalthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EEB88CED-25F0-444B-9396-2056A83190A5_1_201_a.jpeg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/colossalthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EEB88CED-25F0-444B-9396-2056A83190A5_1_201_a.jpeg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/colossalthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EEB88CED-25F0-444B-9396-2056A83190A5_1_201_a.jpeg?resize=28%2C36&amp;ssl=1 28w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/colossalthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EEB88CED-25F0-444B-9396-2056A83190A5_1_201_a.jpeg?resize=37%2C48&amp;ssl=1 37w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by: Linda Clyde<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">what\u2019s this?\ncan it be?\ncrocus!\n<em>the<\/em> magical miracle of spring?\nwhy, yes!\nit is! it is!\nhooray!\nlook at you!\nyou bright and zippy perennial pioneer!\nyou delightful little leader of the color parade!\ni\u2019ve been waiting for you!\nfor. so. long.\n\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>what\u2019s this? can it be? crocus! the magical miracle of spring? why, yes! it is! it is! hooray! look at you! you bright and zippy perennial pioneer! you delightful little leader of the color parade! i\u2019ve been waiting for you! for. so. long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[35,40,39,34],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-nature","tag-new-beginnings","tag-seasons","tag-utah"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colossalthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colossalthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colossalthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colossalthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colossalthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/colossalthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":577,"href":"https:\/\/colossalthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colossalthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colossalthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colossalthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}