{"id":16819,"date":"2012-03-12T09:30:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T13:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=16819"},"modified":"2012-03-12T09:30:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T13:30:10","slug":"the-false-winter-has-yielded-to-early-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/03\/the-false-winter-has-yielded-to-early-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"The false winter has yielded to early spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/nothingbut70s.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/nothingbut70s.gif?resize=500%2C262\" alt=\"\" title=\"nothingbut70s\" width=\"500\" height=\"262\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16822\" \/><\/a>Daylight savings time began this weekend &#8212; our clocks shifted us into 70&deg; weather and beautiful sunlight when we get home from work and school.<\/p>\n<p>Get on your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/category\/bicycling\">bikes<\/a> and ride.<\/p>\n<p>Gin and tonic season will begin either today or tomorrow in BeltwayLand. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/05\/how-to-make-a-proper-gin-and-tonic.html\">Make sure you are prepared<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spring training is well underway, the real thing starts in 24 days, home opener (for the Washington Nationals at least) is 31 days away.<\/p>\n<p>Cherry Blossoms are coming &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org\/about\/bloom-watch\/\">peak bloom<\/a> is less than 2 weeks away.<\/p>\n<p>Get those grills going.<\/p>\n<p>Spring!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I should have celebrated the early spring with some sort of free verse, but I wasn&#8217;t that creative this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[466,720,721,1675],"class_list":["post-16819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weather","tag-cocktails","tag-gin","tag-gin-and-tonic","tag-spirits"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The false winter has yielded to early spring - William F. 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