{"id":259,"date":"2009-04-24T14:30:31","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T18:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/?p=259"},"modified":"2009-04-24T14:32:15","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T18:32:15","slug":"spring-has-surely-sprung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/spring-has-surely-sprung\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring has surely sprung"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-261\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/spring-has-surely-sprung\/2009-04-24-rabbit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/2009-04-24-rabbit.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,254\" 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=\"2009-04-24-rabbit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Enjoying the tender green grass&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/2009-04-24-rabbit.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-261\" title=\"2009-04-24-rabbit\" src=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/2009-04-24-rabbit.jpg\" alt=\"Enjoying the tender green grass\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying the tender green grass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sunny weather is forecast for the next week, with no temperatures below freezing. Time to plant some lettuce.\u00a0 Not for this bunny to eat, however (I hope).<\/p>\n<p>Only a few weeks ago the rabbits I saw were quite white.\u00a0 This little fellow has his summer coat on now.\u00a0 He (or she?) looks quite delighted with the newly greening grass, or perhaps some delectible weed he has found. He was so busy, he didn&#8217;t notice me softly walking up the driveway.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"260\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/spring-has-surely-sprung\/2009-04-24jay\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/2009-04-24jay.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,188\" 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=\"2009-04-24jay\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Blue jay flies across the lawn&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/2009-04-24jay.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-260\" title=\"2009-04-24jay\" src=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/2009-04-24jay.jpg\" alt=\"Blue jay flies across the lawn\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue jay flies across the lawn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>How quickly comes spring, when it finally comes.\u00a0 Perhaps even the word &#8220;spring&#8221; comes from the same root as the kind of spring found in a mattress.\u00a0 All that life energy is compressed, cowering under winter&#8217;s weight, until winter rolls away off the bed and, suddenly released, Spring bursts forth to exuberantly express itself &#8230;\u00a0 Boing &#8230; like a rabbit&#8217;s hop when it realizes you&#8217;re there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunny weather is forecast for the next week, with no temperatures below freezing. 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