{"id":13618,"date":"2024-04-13T15:11:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T22:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=13618"},"modified":"2024-04-14T06:03:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T13:03:39","slug":"a-sunday-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2024\/04\/a-sunday-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sunday in April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m feeling happy this morning. Lately I often feel happy in the mornings, looking forward to the day. Especially when there is sunshine. Today there is an abundance of sunshine, with thin white scraps of cloud high up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also happy because I&#8217;ve made progress on this last Golden House piece. The borders are stitched in place &#8211; a purple cloth with stars &#8211; but I decided to add more to the base. Previously it was a sharp diagonal, as though the house were perched on a hill. I added more scraps to fill out the lower triangle. There is some blue, as though water were flowing nearby, a bridge of sorts, and some foliage. It won&#8217;t look quite like this after I stitch the scraps down, but that&#8217;s the idea.<\/p>\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\/2024\/04\/img_8315-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_8315-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_8315-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">House with many rooms, enhanced<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/img_6991-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Piece in a earlier configuration<\/a><\/p>\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\/2024\/04\/img_8314-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_8314-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_8314-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Close-up of edge stitching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I often take strength from looking at this tall pine, the only one left in the yard. I imagine it is happy in the sunshine and the breeze. <\/p>\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\/2024\/04\/img_8313-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_8313-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_8313-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tall pine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m feeling happy this morning. Lately I often feel happy in the mornings, looking forward to the day. Especially when there is sunshine. 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