{"id":35281,"date":"2026-03-09T17:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=35281"},"modified":"2026-03-09T17:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:46:22","slug":"the-last-of-the-melting-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=35281","title":{"rendered":"The Last of the Melting Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After several gloomy days &#8212; pea soup fog, chilly drizzle, even a thunderstorm &#8212; today felt like a day in May.  Bright, warm, sunny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tree in front of my apartment looks like it&#8217;s ready to bust open.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-scotch-tape-left\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-fullwidth\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260309_115956-1200x720.jpg\" alt=\"The tree, with the branches looking like they're ready to sprout green stuff... and pollen\" class=\"wp-image-35276\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I threw down some grass seed on the dying lawn in front of my apartment.  Last summer left it dry and patchy, and it doesn&#8217;t help that the frequent mowing gouges the lawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then I went for a walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thermometer may have touched 70 today, but there&#8217;s still piles of snow on the ground, though much smaller and far fewer than even Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-fullwidth is-style-scotch-tape-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260309_105414-1200x720.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of snow in my complex\" class=\"wp-image-35275\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A pile of snow in my complex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-fullwidth is-style-scotch-tape-left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260309_140154-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Another pile of snow in my complex, this one by the dumpsters\" class=\"wp-image-35280\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Another pile of snow in my complex, this one by the dumpsters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-scotch-tape-left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260309_124950.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of snow in the industrial complex outside my neighborhood\" class=\"wp-image-35277\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A pile of snow in the industrial complex outside my neighborhood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-scotch-tape-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260309_134957.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of snow in Dallastown\" class=\"wp-image-35279\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A pile of snow in Dallastown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeah, it was a pretty day.  I&#8217;m not as out of shape as I thought I would be.  I&#8217;m glad I went out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-scotch-tape\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260309_130914.jpg\" alt=\"The view from the cemetery in Dallastown\" class=\"wp-image-35278\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The view from the cemetery in Dallastown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After several gloomy days &#8212; pea soup fog, chilly drizzle, even a thunderstorm &#8212; today felt like a day in May. Bright, warm, sunny. The tree in front of my apartment looks like it&#8217;s ready to bust open. I threw down some grass seed on the dying lawn in front of my apartment. Last summer<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=35281\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;The Last of the Melting Snow&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[530,543,728],"class_list":["post-35281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-snow","tag-spring","tag-winter","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35281","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}