{"id":2267,"date":"2009-03-27T16:08:50","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T21:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2009-03-27T16:08:50","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T21:08:50","slug":"on-the-smells-of-springtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=2267","title":{"rendered":"On the Smells of Springtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Springtime is a time of smells.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the landscapers have been hard at work around the office.  Step out of the building, and the odor of mulch wafts over you.  It&#8217;s overpowering.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone seems to hate it.<\/p>\n<p>Except me.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m actually quite taken with the smell of mulch.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t tell you why.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s that mulch is followed by spring showers and the blooming of flowers and the budding of trees.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s that mulch is followed by baseball and kite flying and longer days.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s that the trees stop looking drab.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s that the world turns green again.<\/p>\n<p>Mulch.<\/p>\n<p>I quite like it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Springtime is a time of smells. This week, the landscapers have been hard at work around the office. Step out of the building, and the odor of mulch wafts over you. It&#8217;s overpowering. Everyone seems to hate it. Except me. I&#8217;m actually quite taken with the smell of mulch. I can&#8217;t tell you why. Maybe<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=2267\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;On the Smells of Springtime&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[543],"class_list":["post-2267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asides","tag-spring","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}