{"id":379590,"date":"2013-03-25T00:43:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/25\/spring-is-hatching\/"},"modified":"2013-03-25T00:43:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T00:43:00","slug":"spring-is-hatching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/25\/spring-is-hatching\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring is Hatching!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">A few weeks ago I wrote about the<span style=\"color: #ea9999;\"> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/annahelizabeth.comsigns-of-spring-make-me-smile\/\"><span style=\"color: #ea9999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">first signs of spring I\u2019d seen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">This past week I talked about <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/annahelizabeth.comphil-punxsutawney-might-not-be-a-fraud-after-all\/\"><span style=\"color: #ea9999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Punxsutawney Phil, the poor little groundhog that\u2019s been flogged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> mercilessly in light of Winter\u2019s lingering grip on the Northeast.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Warmer weather is coming!<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It\u2019s quite literally hatching.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I found it Friday night at the Tractor Supply Store.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Baby-Chicks.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Baby-Chicks-300x225.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Two-week old chicks<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">I saw its signs in the green growth appearing in this pasture I passed by.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><\/span> <\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Pasture-w-Green.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Pasture-w-Green-300x225.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\ufeff<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">And I baked it into two batches of banana bread&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Flower-Shaped-Breads.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Flower-Shaped-Breads-300x273.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Each sight or thought of warmer weather has brought a smile to my face and given my heart a tad bit more hope: Spring conditions will soon be here!<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">How about you? Just like the proverbial &#8220;Shit Happens,&#8221; Happy Happens. What Moment(s) colored a part of your day or week with a little joy?<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/annahelizabeth.comsaying-goodbye\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ea9999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Soon\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\ufeff<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago I wrote about the first signs of spring I\u2019d seen. This past week I talked about Punxsutawney Phil, the poor little groundhog that\u2019s been flogged mercilessly in light of Winter\u2019s lingering grip on the Northeast. Warmer weather is coming! It\u2019s quite literally hatching. 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