{"id":859,"date":"2012-03-19T18:17:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T18:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=859"},"modified":"2012-04-06T13:04:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T13:04:55","slug":"april-10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=859","title":{"rendered":"April 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Well, in age-old fashion, March, having come in like a lamb, went out very much like a lion, roaring and mauling all within reach! The sea got a great old swell going, the white foam over the rocks clearly visible even from a couple of miles inland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Boat trip<\/p>\n<p>The Sound, flat as slate.<br \/>\n&#8216;Round the tumbled rocky point<br \/>\nthe real sea awaits.<\/p>\n<p>(05\/04\/10)<\/p>\n<p>*********************<\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s lovely to hear the birds singing again after that long, hard spell. (Saw my first swallow today!) The blackbirds mellifluous notes fill the warm air now&#8230;when they can get a word in edgeways with all the pheasant calling!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lon dubh<\/p>\n<p>Ceol leachtach ar\u00eds.<br \/>\nLondubh dubh ar chraobh lom, dhubh,<br \/>\n\u00f3rchantain \u00f3rghiob.<\/p>\n<p>[Blackbird<\/p>\n<p>Black on a black branch,<br \/>\ngolden beak goldenly sings.<br \/>\nLiquid music flows.]<\/p>\n<p>(12\/04\/10)<\/p>\n<p>*****************************<\/p>\n<p><em>This last week of sunshine has, weeks later than usual, brought on the bright spears of mont bretia and blue bells, shaggy, unkempt tufts of grass, silky catkins on the willows and translucent, and delicate, trepidatious green leaves on bare trees&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Finally<\/p>\n<p>Grass thickens lushly.<br \/>\nLeaves unfurl on every branch.<br \/>\nThe Greening\u2019s begun.<\/p>\n<p>(19\/04\/10)<\/p>\n<p>***********************<\/p>\n<p><em>The wonderful weather continues&#8230;Where we live, we are surrounded by pheasant and their calls at all hours of the day and night. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>from<\/em> Pheasant songs<\/p>\n<p>Brackened pheasants rise<br \/>\nfrom invisibility<br \/>\ncacophonously.<\/p>\n<p>(26\/04\/10)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, in age-old fashion, March, having come in like a lamb, went out very much like a lion, roaring and mauling all within reach! The sea got a great old swell going, the white foam over the rocks clearly visible &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=859\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":485,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P36zMW-dR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/859"}],"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=859"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":861,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/859\/revisions\/861"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}