{"id":49,"date":"2008-11-23T11:22:44","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T18:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=49"},"modified":"2008-11-23T11:22:44","modified_gmt":"2008-11-23T18:22:44","slug":"still-appreciating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/still-appreciating\/","title":{"rendered":"Still appreciating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/100_0772.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/100_0772.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"100_0772\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/100_0772.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/mnt\/local\/home\/sherlonya\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/100_0772.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/mnt\/local\/home\/sherlonya\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/100_0772.jpg?w=2250&amp;ssl=1 2250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to focus on fall, when it certainly feels like winter. I think I need to be thinking <i>chestnuts roasting on an open fire<\/i> or something like that.<\/p>\n<p>I am feeling rather domestic right now and I really like that. This morning I made bagels according to a recipe that I have used a few times now. I also hacked a pumpkin to pieces so that I can make a spicy pumpkin soup.  I have pumpkin seeds in the toaster oven right now.<\/p>\n<p>My son had his fifth birthday yesterday. I can&#8217;t believe it! As overdone as it is, it <i>does <\/i> seem like he was a baby just yesterday. He had a happy day. That makes me happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard to focus on fall, when it certainly feels like winter. I think I need to be thinking chestnuts roasting on an open fire or something like that. I am feeling rather domestic right now and I really like that. This morning I made bagels according to a recipe that I have used a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/still-appreciating\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Still appreciating<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-N","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2984,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/11\/pumpkin-pie-blondie\/","url_meta":{"origin":49,"position":0},"title":"Pumpkin Pie Blondie","author":"admin","date":"November 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I am determined to experience the seasons. 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