{"id":13683,"date":"2024-05-05T15:33:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T22:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=13683"},"modified":"2024-05-05T15:33:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T22:33:09","slug":"around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2024\/05\/around\/","title":{"rendered":"Around"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m around, I just can&#8217;t seem to keep up. I&#8217;m trying to be careful with my priorities. Of course, trying to fit in a lot of planting and plant-tending time into an already full schedule would create a jam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My animal friends are really enjoyable lately. I love purple finches (or maybe this is a house finch?). We didn&#8217;t have them in Connecticut. The males are a beautiful cherry color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_8398-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_8398-1.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_8398-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Purple finch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This red squirrel is getting very bold. He or she? is perching on top of the electric fence device that&#8217;s supposed to keep raiders away from the bird feeder. Looking in the window at me, washing the breakfast dishes. I had to laugh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_8397-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_8397-1.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_8397-1-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hello!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the stack of Golden House embroideries all framed. Eleven of them. I need to put on the wire hangers. Waiting for D-rings to arrive in the mail. Over the winter I cut all the border fabrics from stash cloth and hand-stitched them along the sides of the embroideries. When stretched over the bars, these border strips leave a nice edge on the front. I&#8217;m supposed to deliver these to the gallery by May 17. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_8370-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_8370-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_8370-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All the borders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m around, I just can&#8217;t seem to keep up. I&#8217;m trying to be careful with my priorities. 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