{"id":1940,"date":"2012-08-27T10:01:30","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T10:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/?p=1940"},"modified":"2012-08-27T10:41:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T10:41:25","slug":"snippets-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/?p=1940","title":{"rendered":"Snippets of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems spring is starting to weave it’s way into our days. \u00c2\u00a0Wattle is bursting out in bloom everywhere, daffodils are popping up, looking so sweet and friendly and the Rhododendrons are looking splendid. \u00c2\u00a0We all went for a walk in the National Rhododendron Gardens in the lovely hills village of Olinda yesterday and spent lots of our time smelling the flowers and searching for Lyre birds<\/a> (hmm, one needs to be pretty quiet to see them, thus we didn’t). \u00c2\u00a0I’m hanging out for the cherry tree avenue, that is part of the gardens, to burst into bloom. \u00c2\u00a0Not long now. \u00c2\u00a0We are going back there on Father’s Day this coming weekend, as the kids really want to have a picnic there. \u00c2\u00a0Fingers crossed it won’t rain. \u00c2\u00a0It’s very family friendly and it’s free to get in. \u00c2\u00a0A must visit if you find yourself in the Dandenong Ranges (and no, they didn’t pay me to say that).<\/p>\n

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Wattle blossom<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rhododendron<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cute kookaburra<\/p><\/div>\n

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Don’t they make you smile!<\/p><\/div>\n

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More rhododendrons<\/p><\/div>\n

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One of the crazy big trees that grace this area. The kids could all fit inside.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is the crazy big tree that the kids were posing in front of. Too tall to get the whole photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Of course the ‘pets’ had to come for the walk too! (Greg asked me to tell you that is Tenneille’s fluro scarf on his shoulder and not some new fashion trend:)<\/p><\/div>\n

I must admit that I am looking forward to some warmer weather, but I won’t hold my breath, as it doesn’t really warm up here till November. \u00c2\u00a0Are you noticing changes in the seasons too?<\/p>\n

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Jacinta x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems spring is starting to weave it’s way into our days. \u00c2\u00a0Wattle is bursting out in bloom everywhere, daffodils are popping up, looking so sweet and friendly and the Rhododendrons are looking splendid. \u00c2\u00a0We all went for a walk … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,9],"tags":[67,800,799,73,10],"class_list":["post-1940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-life","category-seasons","tag-dandenong-ranges","tag-family-friendly-places-to-visit-near-melbourne","tag-family-outing","tag-national-rhododendron-gardens-olinda","tag-spring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}