{"id":1387,"date":"2017-08-23T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2017-06-25T18:23:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-25T22:23:01","slug":"the-secret-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/23\/the-secret-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s fun to walk through the neighborhood and see what people are doing with their front yards. You can enjoy the flowers, the sculptures, the yard ornaments&#8230;they\u2019re right out front, ready for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>But every now and then, you are invited into a secret garden. A garden that is not open to just anybody. A secret garden where every little discovery feels like just that&#8230;a discovery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery31\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-4 rowtight\"><div class=\"tcol-lg-3 tcol-md-3 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretCardinal-Windchime.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretCardinal-Windchime.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1453\" alt=\"Cardinal Windchime\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretCardinal-Windchime.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretCardinal-Windchime-211x300.jpg 211w, 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1024w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretRabbit-300x284.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretRabbit-768x728.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-3 tcol-md-3 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretMetal-Birdbath.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretMetal-Birdbath.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"Birdbath\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretMetal-Birdbath.jpg 1024w, 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http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretGargoyle-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretGargoyle-768x770.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretGargoyle-1022x1024.jpg 1022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-3 tcol-md-3 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretBirdhouse.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretBirdhouse.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1345\" alt=\"Birdhouse\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretBirdhouse.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretBirdhouse-228x300.jpg 228w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretBirdhouse-768x1009.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SecretBirdhouse-780x1024.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>I love roaming the neighborhood, seeing  all the flower beds, and the plastic flamingos and the occasional manicured lawn. <\/p>\n<p>But I also love the moments spent quietly, sitting on a timbered wall in a small, secret garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s fun to walk through the neighborhood and see what people are doing with their front yards. You can enjoy the flowers, the sculptures, the yard ornaments&#8230;they\u2019re right out front, ready for everyone to enjoy. But every now and then, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/23\/the-secret-garden\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,25],"tags":[52,21,12,26],"class_list":["post-1387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-neighborhood","category-walkabout-wednesday","tag-birdbaths","tag-birdhouse","tag-neighborhood","tag-walkabout-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1388,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions\/1388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}