{"id":2636,"date":"2022-11-30T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2023-07-28T11:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T15:00:43","slug":"classiest-week-at-the-curb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/2022\/11\/30\/classiest-week-at-the-curb\/","title":{"rendered":"Classiest Week at the Curb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery76\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-3 rowtight\"><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 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\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins8.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins8.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1287\" alt=\"Heritage Pumpkins\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins8.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins8-239x300.jpg 239w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins8-768x965.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins8-815x1024.jpg 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 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\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins4.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins4.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1292\" alt=\"Heritage Pumpkins\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins4.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins4-238x300.jpg 238w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins4-768x969.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins4-812x1024.jpg 812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 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\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins6.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins6.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1139\" alt=\"Heritage Pumpkins\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins6.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins6-270x300.jpg 270w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins6-768x854.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins6-921x1024.jpg 921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 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\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins7.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins7.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1342\" alt=\"Heritage Pumpkins\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins7.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins7-229x300.jpg 229w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins7-768x1007.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins7-781x1024.jpg 781w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 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\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins1.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" alt=\"Heritage Pumpkins\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins1-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins1-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 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\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins5.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins5.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"853\" alt=\"Heritage Pumpkins\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins5.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins5-300x250.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeritagePumpkins5-768x640.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nThe week after Halloween is always <a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/02\/the-week-after-halloween\/\">the saddest week at the curb<\/a>. All the streets in the neighborhood are lined with discarded Jack-o-lanterns. Some are <a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/2021\/11\/03\/pumpkin-with-braces\/\">funny<\/a>. Some are <a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/06\/alien-pumpkin\/\">strange<\/a>. But mostly, they&#8217;re just <a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/01\/the-day-after-halloween\/\">old and tired and sad<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>The week after Thanksgiving, however, is always the classiest week at the curb. Once again, the streets are lined with pumpkins. But this time, they&#8217;re white and green and cantaloupe-colored. They&#8217;re squat and speckled and bumpy. They&#8217;re <em>heirloom<\/em> pumpkins. <\/p>\n<p>The only thing wrong with them is &#8230; they&#8217;re not Christmas decorations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The week after Halloween is always the saddest week at the curb. All the streets in the neighborhood are lined with discarded Jack-o-lanterns. Some are funny. Some are strange. But mostly, they&#8217;re just old and tired and sad. The week &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/2022\/11\/30\/classiest-week-at-the-curb\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2662,"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":[41,30,20,25],"tags":[44,29,12,26],"class_list":["post-2636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fall","category-holidays","category-neighborhood","category-walkabout-wednesday","tag-fall","tag-holidays","tag-neighborhood","tag-walkabout-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636","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=2636"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2873,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions\/2873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}