{"id":267,"date":"2009-02-12T16:38:04","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T00:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.wordpress.com\/?p=267"},"modified":"2009-02-12T16:38:04","modified_gmt":"2009-02-13T00:38:04","slug":"blah-as-in-mid-winter-blahs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/?p=267","title":{"rendered":"Blah as in Mid-winter Blahs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier in the week, even though it was snowflaking (not snowing enough to stick to anything, but giving a good imitation of it), the sun came out in time to feed the solar panels.\u00a0 And it was a cheerful sight indeed.\u00a0 We didn’t mind that it was mid February and we still have a good two feet of snow on the ground, the sun was shining, chickadees were tuning up their vocal chords for spring, and there were sparkles on the snow.<\/p>\n

This morning it was still snowflaking, and the sky is heavy with mist and clouds, and alas no solar gain to be had.<\/p>\n

\"There's

There's mountains in them thar' clouds<\/p><\/div>\n

The solar panels always look forlorn when the sun isn’t shining off of them.<\/p>\n

\"Standing

Standing at attention, but not a ray in sight<\/p><\/div>\n

Still, even in blah condition, it’s still pretty outside on the deck.\u00a0 We can’t imagine green, though.\u00a0 White has seared itself into our consciousness.<\/p>\n

\"Looking

Looking due north off the front deck<\/p><\/div>\n

A cheering thought comes from looking due north, the knowledge that it will be green here before it is up there! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

This morning we woke up very early, before 5 am.\u00a0 I think we must be practicing for that most annoying event – the switch to Daylight Savings Time.\u00a0 Whoever thought that up initially should be ashamed of themselves!\u00a0 We hate having our bio-rhythms messed with, but that’s just a pet peeve.<\/p>\n

Having awakened so early, there was really only one thing to do.\u00a0 Pancakes!!\u00a0 There was much rejoicing, not to mention much munching.<\/p>\n

\"Blues

Blues Berry Pancakes<\/p><\/div>\n

When you have the blahs, the solution is blues.<\/p>\n

The other solution is a judicious application of nap time.<\/p>\n

\"A

A suspicious lump under the covers<\/p><\/div>\n

Whenever our Mishcreant is being quiet, just like any adolescent, one must always see why things are so quiet.\u00a0 He’s been sleeping most of the morning, and will be a holy terror all evening.<\/p>\n

I have been working on a new theory regarding cats and higher mathematics.\u00a0 I think their mothers are instructing them in the joys of geometry and trigonometry with their first milk.\u00a0 To us it sounds like purring….\u00a0 Have you never noticed how a cat will study your movements and then swiftly calculate your trajectory and leap to intercept your feet?\u00a0 It is uncanny.\u00a0 Perhaps I can get a government grant to study this further.<\/p>\n

I must be bored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier in the week, even though it was snowflaking (not snowing enough to stick to anything, but giving a good imitation of it), the sun came out in time to feed the solar panels.\u00a0 And it was a cheerful sight indeed.\u00a0 We didn’t mind that it was mid February and we still have a good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}