{"id":4881,"date":"2013-04-02T21:02:13","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T20:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greensideup.ie\/?p=4881"},"modified":"2015-07-19T00:26:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T23:26:48","slug":"an-unusual-sight-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/an-unusual-sight-in-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"An unusual sight in the garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13042\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/an-unusual-sight-in-the-garden\/sunset\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/sunset.jpg?fit=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sunset\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/sunset.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/sunset.jpg?fit=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13042\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/sunset.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"the sun sets in the garden\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/sunset.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/sunset.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>It was such a surprise and rare sight to see this burning so brightly in the evening sky it needed a post all of its own.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We haven&#8217;t seen the sun shining over our garden for a while. 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