{"id":5256,"date":"2013-07-21T21:51:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T21:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=5256"},"modified":"2013-07-21T21:51:25","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T21:51:25","slug":"natural-solace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2013\/07\/natural-solace\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural solace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_4287.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5260 alignleft\" title=\"IMG_4287\" src=\"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_4287-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I am not a dedicated gardener, but I like to have flowers in the yard. At the end of May I went to a local garden shop and bought a bunch of things to plant in window boxes and containers. A nice young woman helped me select the flowers. I wanted some hanging plants but something different than potato vine or ivy. So she suggested these and I went along with the idea, probably not paying too much attention to her description other than it was a full-sun plant and drought resistant.<\/p>\n<p>I made a happy discovery in early July when these plants began to bloom. The tiny little red flowers are perfection. How could I not be delighted with them?<\/p>\n<p>So in these past few weeks, when the news of the world has brought me down, when I cannot understand the reasoning of some of my fellow humans, when I despair at the mess we&#8217;re leaving for our children, I can go out on my deck and find a little bloom of solace.\u00a0 In this instance, nature does not disappoint.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5257\" style=\"width: 807px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_4283.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5257 \" title=\"IMG_4283\" src=\"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_4283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"807\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_4283.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_4283-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bloom of solace \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ve since looked up the name of these plants: <em>Aptenia lancifolia<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I planned to post this blog earlier in the week but my site was hacked, which gave me another reason to go visit my flowers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peace, love and solace &#8212; may you bloom also <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not a dedicated gardener, but I like to have flowers in the yard. At the end of May I went to a local garden shop and bought a bunch of things to plant in window boxes and containers. A nice young woman helped me select the flowers. 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