{"id":3474,"date":"2016-09-25T18:10:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T09:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/?p=3474"},"modified":"2016-09-25T18:49:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T09:49:44","slug":"september-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/25\/september-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"September Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3480 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_scarecrow_witch_450.jpg\" alt=\"160925_scarecrow_witch_450\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_scarecrow_witch_450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_scarecrow_witch_450-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At long last, the rain has let up, and everyone has come out to play.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3482 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_spider_lilies2_600.jpg\" alt=\"160925_spider_lilies2_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_spider_lilies2_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_spider_lilies2_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the season of the spider lily.<\/p>\n<p>The spider lily loves it when the rice matures, when the ears of grain arc. He never misses it, year after year after year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3477 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_rice_ears_450.jpg\" alt=\"160925_rice_ears_450\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_rice_ears_450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_rice_ears_450-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rice is feeling content.\u00a0 A job well done.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3481 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_shirasagi_600.jpg\" alt=\"160925_shirasagi_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_shirasagi_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_shirasagi_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the white heron appreciates the farmers cutting the rice. Easy pickings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3483\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_spider_lily1_600.jpg\" alt=\"160925_spider_lily1_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_spider_lily1_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_spider_lily1_600-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The spider lilies hug the rice fields&#8212;and the streams, too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3484 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_yellow_flowers_blue_sky_600.jpg\" alt=\"160925_yellow_flowers_blue_sky_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_yellow_flowers_blue_sky_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_yellow_flowers_blue_sky_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The yellow flowers wonder if Vincent van Gogh will be out and about today.<\/p>\n<p>The spider lilies like to gaze, not only on the rice, but on Ryuso Mountain and the blue sky.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3478 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_ryuso_rice_600.jpg\" alt=\"160925_ryuso_rice_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_ryuso_rice_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_ryuso_rice_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ryuso Mountain and the blue sky love to\u00a0gaze down upon the rice. A little bit, Ryuso envies the green and the yellow of the fields.\u00a0\u00a0 Me, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Down&#8221; in this case is a mere direction. Not an attitude.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3479 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_scarecrow_kissmenow_450.jpg\" alt=\"160925_scarecrow_kissmenow_450\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_scarecrow_kissmenow_450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_scarecrow_kissmenow_450-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Who wouldn&#8217;t want to kiss it all?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3476 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_mikan_600.jpg\" alt=\"160925_mikan_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_mikan_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_mikan_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The mikans bask.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3475\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_crow_600.jpg\" alt=\"160925_crow_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_crow_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_crow_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The crows stay high&#8212;checking out all the hubub.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3485 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_spider_lilies_600.jpg\" alt=\"160925_spider_lilies_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_spider_lilies_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_spider_lilies_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And what a hubub it is!<\/p>\n<p>All the mingling and tingling.<\/p>\n<p>Go ahead stretch your arms to the sky. Relish in it. Let loose a barbaric yawp or two.<\/p>\n<p>Smile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3486 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_spider_lily2_600.jpg\" alt=\"160925_spider_lily2_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_spider_lily2_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925_spider_lily2_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At long last, the rain has let up, and everyone has come out to play. It&#8217;s the season of the spider lily. The spider lily loves it when the rice matures, when the ears of grain arc. He never misses it, year after year after year. The rice is feeling content.\u00a0 A job well done. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/25\/september-sunday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">September Sunday<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3474"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3490,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474\/revisions\/3490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}