{"id":963,"date":"2008-05-15T01:00:01","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T09:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.wordpress.com\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2008-05-15T01:00:01","modified_gmt":"2008-05-15T09:00:01","slug":"sunshine-theme-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=963","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine ~ Theme Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whew, it is back, with a vengeance! The past few years I specifically remember the first few weeks of May&#8230;for some weird reason they are always a little chilly with a nice thick marine layer that never quite burns off.<\/p>\n<p>And then&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We get the full on <strong>sunshine<\/strong> and 90 degree days that do not stop for months on end. Gotta love living in L.A.<\/p>\n<p>So on Saturday, when I read that this week&#8217;s Theme Thursday was <strong>sunshine,<\/strong> I was a wee bit worried since we were in the middle of our cold snap. (Hee&#8230;our &#8220;cold snap&#8221; just means we need a sweater, I mean it was <em><strong>only <\/strong><\/em>60 degrees the other day. It is all relative, I guess.)<\/p>\n<p>But then Tuesday, the sun found us again. Addie and I ventured out to examine our garden, do a little watering (She is a tremendous help in the watering department, let me tell you!), and soak up some <strong>sunshine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is what the <strong>sunshine<\/strong> brought us&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/2494202214\/sizes\/l\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1504\" src=\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/berries_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Couldn&#8217;t resist plucking one a little before its time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/2493386505\/sizes\/l\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1506\" src=\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/tiny_berry_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And do a little &#8220;taste test&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/2494203906\/sizes\/l\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1505\" src=\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/berry_tastin_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Addie has been back out there at least twenty times to check to see if the others are &#8220;ready.&#8221; I told her that they need some water, sunshine and time to get nice and red and BIG. I told her it may take a few weeks for them to be ready.<\/p>\n<p>About five minutes passed and she hopefully asked me, &#8220;Are they ready now, Momma?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Strawberries clearly do not operate on the toddler timeline.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Stop over to <a href=\"http:\/\/thelandofka.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stacy&#8217;s<\/a> to see how sunny days have inspired other photographers as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whew, it is back, with a vengeance! 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