{"id":2442,"date":"2026-07-07T16:53:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/?p=2442"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:53:34","slug":"rainy-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/?p=2442","title":{"rendered":"Rainy Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When it\u2019s a warm season, I\u2019ve always loved being outside during a rainfall, ever since I was a small child.\u00a0 It\u2019s been raining here since early yesterday morning, the day\u2019s delicate misty sprays shifting in alternate rhythm to the soft pattering of steady drizzles. Last evening\u2019s rain was that sort, and it was the perfect moment for me to go out to the garden, trimming the sweet peas before their spent blossoms became the seed pods for next year\u2019s garden awakening. I like to keep this year\u2019s flowers blooming for as long as possible, hence the almost daily trimming. Time enough to leave them be when fall comes round again; I can let them do their resurrection prep work then. Even weeding is pleasurable in this kind of weather, especially when digging bare-handed into rich, soggy earth, pulling out greedy, weedy invaders by their roots. That greed that can push out longtime neighbors is not welcome in my garden. There\u2019s room enough for a little of everyone I like to think.
\nToday\u2019s rain has been heavier, with some downpours, but mostly just strong, steady showers. I know because I was out in that too, early this morning, first in the garden, checking on my plant friends \u2014 they\u2019re not drowning, (although the seeds I planted a few days ago have surely floated away); they\u2019re actually loving the cool wet, especially after the past weekend\u2019s scorching heat, plus we\u2019ve been in a drought for years now where I live. After the garden visit, I ventured down the street, dodging cars and puddles (forget the raindrops \u2014 I was outnumbered), and went to my friend\u2019s to pick up my library book, before heading next door to my dad\u2019s for a quick visit. Sweet, simple joys I\u2019ve experienced in my \u2018hood so far this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it\u2019s a warm season, I\u2019ve always loved being outside during a rainfall, ever since I was a small child.\u00a0 It\u2019s been raining here since early yesterday morning, the day\u2019s delicate misty sprays shifting in alternate rhythm to the soft pattering of steady drizzles. Last evening\u2019s rain was that sort, and it was the perfect … Continue reading “Rainy Days”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[631],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2444,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions\/2444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}