{"id":86,"date":"2008-02-24T02:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-24T02:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/02\/spring-splendor.html"},"modified":"2008-02-24T02:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-24T02:40:00","slug":"spring-splendor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/02\/spring-splendor.html","title":{"rendered":"Spring Splendor!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Wait just one doggone minute! It&#8217;s mid-February! Spring isn&#8217;t for another month!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(At least, that&#8217;s what the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundhog.org\/\">Groundhog<\/a> said!)<\/p>\n<p>Well, someone needs to tell my flowers about that, since my crocuses and daffodils are opening up, just like all over the rest of central North Carolina. Seriously confused, they are.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t mind the pretty pictures I was able to take, nonetheless.  These were from Monday.  Click on the photos to access the entire album. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080218Daffodils\/photo#5170368962696133666\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh3.google.com\/vollmerdp\/R8DXLYM1PCI\/AAAAAAAAMuA\/UkAI74EIje4\/s400\/IMG_5782.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080218Daffodils\">2008 02 18 Da&#8230;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080218Daffodils\/photo#5170369113019989106\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh6.google.com\/vollmerdp\/R8DXUIM1PHI\/AAAAAAAAMuo\/KYTvztruI6c\/s400\/IMG_5787.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080218Daffodils\">2008 02 18 Da&#8230;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Wait just one doggone minute! It&#8217;s mid-February! Spring isn&#8217;t for another month!&#8221; (At least, that&#8217;s what the Groundhog said!) Well, someone needs to tell my flowers about that, since my crocuses and daffodils are opening up, just like all over the rest of central North Carolina. Seriously confused, they are. I didn&#8217;t mind the pretty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[25,51,32,621],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-1o","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/02\/i-cant-believe-i-lived-here-for-2-12-years-and-didnt-know-about-this.html","url_meta":{"origin":86,"position":0},"title":"I Can&#8217;t Believe I Lived Here for 2 1\/2 Years and Didn&#8217;t Know About This!","date":"17 February 08","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday Dave and I took a field trip to the Carolina Brewing Company for one of their weekly tours. 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