{"id":7605,"date":"2017-02-19T15:39:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T20:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/?p=7605"},"modified":"2017-02-19T15:39:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T20:39:18","slug":"snowdrops-or-photo-of-snowdrops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/19\/snowdrops-or-photo-of-snowdrops\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowdrops or Photo of Snowdrops"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_7604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7604\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7604\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/19\/snowdrops-or-photo-of-snowdrops\/2017-02-17-15-45-47\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-17-15.45.47-e1487536064861.jpg?fit=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SAMSUNG-SM-G850A&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1487364347&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Snowdrop\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;White snowdrop flowers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;February&amp;#8217;s Snowdrop&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-17-15.45.47-e1487536064861.jpg?fit=644%2C859&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7604\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-17-15.45.47-e1487536064861-644x859.jpg?resize=644%2C859&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"White snowdrop flowers\" width=\"644\" height=\"859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-17-15.45.47-e1487536064861.jpg?resize=644%2C859&amp;ssl=1 644w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-17-15.45.47-e1487536064861.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-17-15.45.47-e1487536064861.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-17-15.45.47-e1487536064861.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-02-17-15.45.47-e1487536064861.jpg?w=1288&amp;ssl=1 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February&#8217;s Snowdrop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Upshot mid-February. Maybe Valentine&#8217;s Day or the day after, but before the 16th. Snowdrops or snowbells or crocus. Is the plural for crocus, crocuses? Doesn&#8217;t matter if they&#8217;re snowdrops. I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;re snowdrops. Well, <em>almost<\/em> sure. Surer is that Michigan&#8217;s regreening is mistimed this time. The snowdrops keep to themselves, don&#8217;t express a whole lot, or not anything I can hear where I stand when I pass by them front door in-going and out-going. But then this one photo\u00a0jogs a memory about how last season&#8217;s tomatoes wilded into an unmanageable mess yielding more on vine rot than wedges of lightly salted gushes tomatoseed and sunshine. It&#8217;s something. Cannot say yet whether it&#8217;s the snowdrops or their photo or the tomatoes long since turned over in the side yard that share the quiet wisdrom, not quite lesson and not quite imperative, do better with gardening this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min<\/span><\/span>Upshot mid-February. Maybe Valentine&#8217;s Day or the day after, but before the 16th. Snowdrops or snowbells or crocus. Is the plural for crocus, crocuses? Doesn&#8217;t matter if they&#8217;re snowdrops. I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;re snowdrops. Well, almost sure. Surer is that Michigan&#8217;s regreening is mistimed this time. 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