{"id":11407,"date":"2022-05-11T06:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=11407"},"modified":"2022-05-13T13:08:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T20:08:43","slug":"bluets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2022\/05\/bluets\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m really admiring the bluets in the yards around here right now. Houstonia caerulea, a native plant. Also known as Quaker ladies or &#8220;pissabeds&#8221; by old timers. Someone somewhere back in time was aware of its diuretic properties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They grow in beautiful drifts of white, with just a hint of blue violet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At some point later, they will just disappear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4606.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4606.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11419\" width=\"485\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4606.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4606-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4606-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4606-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4606-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Closeup with last year&#8217;s leaf <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4618.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4618.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4618-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>By the rock wall in front of the house. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m really admiring the bluets in the yards around here right now. Houstonia caerulea, a native plant. Also known as Quaker ladies or &#8220;pissabeds&#8221; by old timers. Someone somewhere back in time was aware&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[400],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flowers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4606.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11407"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11421,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11407\/revisions\/11421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}