{"id":1140,"date":"2012-04-11T11:14:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T11:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=1140"},"modified":"2012-04-11T11:16:21","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T11:16:21","slug":"february-2011","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=1140","title":{"rendered":"February 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Out walking on a rainy day earlier in the week, the hills were full of the music of water&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Streams rush to the sea.<br \/>\nLoudly practising the song<br \/>\nthey&#8217;ll sing when they&#8217;re there.<\/p>\n<p>(28\/02\/11)<\/p>\n<p>************<\/p>\n<p><em>Winter is still hanging on, subtly, but the birds know&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Breath smokes the still air.<br \/>\nDaddy-long-leg shadows stretch.<br \/>\nBirds practice for dawn.<\/p>\n<p>(21\/02\/11)<\/p>\n<p>************<\/p>\n<p><em>Definitely Spring but Winter still not entirely shaken off&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile Ghobnait<\/p>\n<p>N\u00edl g\u00e1 do chas\u00f3g,<br \/>\nSc\u00e1th fada f\u00f3s ag gach g\u00e9ag.<br \/>\nSceith fhroig sna l\u00ednte.<\/p>\n<p>[St. Gobnait&#8217;s Day<\/p>\n<p>No need for a coat,<br \/>\nBare stalks still throw long shadows.<br \/>\nPools seeded with spawn.]<\/p>\n<p>(14\/02\/11)<\/p>\n<p>************<\/p>\n<p><em>Imbolg. The ancient festival of Spring. The month-long festival of Brigid, the goddess\/saint associated with this time of year. Earth-mother, Patron of Ireland, Goddess of poetry, healing, smithwork and bees. Spring! And it shows, too, immediately. Last weeks cold left overnight, muggy and mild, wild and stormy, bright blades piercing the leaf mould, buds lighting the bare branches, dawn chorus starting up again and a perceptible stretch in the evenings&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hazel catkins<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly tasselled,<br \/>\nhazels flaunt their new Springwear<br \/>\nat bare oak and ash.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Bare hazel branches<br \/>\nprofusely sprout soft tassles.<br \/>\nSwaying gold fringes.<\/p>\n<p>(07\/02\/11)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out walking on a rainy day earlier in the week, the hills were full of the music of water&#8230; Streams rush to the sea. Loudly practising the song they&#8217;ll sing when they&#8217;re there. (28\/02\/11) ************ Winter is still hanging on, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=1140\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":489,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P36zMW-io","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1140"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1142,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1140\/revisions\/1142"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}