{"id":766,"date":"2008-04-09T05:28:34","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T21:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevepeer.net\/?p=821"},"modified":"2008-04-09T05:28:34","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T21:28:34","slug":"in-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/in-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"in bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/spring-flowers.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-820\" title=\"spring-flowers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/spring-flowers.jpg?resize=499%2C329\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"329\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a winter that featured the longest, coldest stretch of winter weather in decades, spring has arrived in China. Okay, it wasn&#8217;t Winnipeg cold, but every space heater in southern China was sold during late January.<\/p>\n<p>After a few weeks of wondering if I had mistakenly been transported to Canada, the weather improved. Now the city is in bloom. Spring isn&#8217;t really spring. It&#8217;s the start of April and my air conditioners has been on several time. Yesterday at the gym I wondered if it was possible for a human being to literally melt.<\/p>\n<p>Summer awaits. Time to restock my supply of rehydration salts.<\/p>\n<p>Captured: April 6, 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a winter that featured the longest, coldest stretch of winter weather in decades, spring has arrived in China. Okay, it wasn&#8217;t Winnipeg cold, but every space heater in southern China was sold during late January. After a few weeks of wondering if I had mistakenly been transported to Canada, the weather improved. 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