{"id":3603,"date":"2016-11-28T22:03:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T13:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2016-11-28T22:03:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T13:03:12","slug":"rainy-day-persimmons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/28\/rainy-day-persimmons\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainy Day Persimmons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3605 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_2_600.jpg\" alt=\"161127_rainy_day_persimmons_2_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_2_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_2_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the way home, I took a little detour,\u00a0parked beside a narrow stream, stepped out under the grey skies and into a light rain&#8212;and took a little walk. When it&#8217;s not so bright, things that are bright of and by themselves sometimes look a little special.<\/p>\n<p>There were a lot of flowers growing in and around garden patches. And of course, the persimmons. And behind the persimmons, in the misty distance, our dearest of friends, Ryuso Mountain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3609 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_7_600.jpg\" alt=\"161127_rainy_day_persimmons_7_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_7_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_7_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t surprised, back home, that Shizuoka Duo showed up on my doorstep. Just one look in their faces&#8212;and I could tell they&#8217;d had a day pretty much like mine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3608 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_6_450.jpg\" alt=\"161127_rainy_day_persimmons_6_450\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_6_450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_6_450-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;d sung this one for me before, but as you might imagine, on a day like today, when everything is so grey, it really touched me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3606 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_3_450.jpg\" alt=\"161127_rainy_day_persimmons_3_450\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_3_450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_3_450-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3603-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Grey-From-Headphone.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Grey-From-Headphone.m4a\">http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Grey-From-Headphone.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mist fills the grey<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Grey fills the cloud<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Cloud fills the sky<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Sky fills my eyes<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Eyes fill our mind<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mind fills with dreams<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dreams make our world<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>World all so grey.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3604 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_1_600.jpg\" alt=\"161127_rainy_day_persimmons_1_600\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_1_600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_1_600-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Grey is our play<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>On a day like today<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Grey is just grey<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>As we go on our way.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3607 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_5_450.jpg\" alt=\"161127_rainy_day_persimmons_5_450\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_5_450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_5_450-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I saw a girl<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Turn a cartwheel twirl<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Leaping through the grey<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Laughing at the day<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>She calls out to me<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Up soars my heart<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>But then she fades away<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And all I feel is grey.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3610\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_8_600.jpg\" alt=\"161127_rainy_day_persimmons_8_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_8_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161127_rainy_day_persimmons_8_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the way home, I took a little detour,\u00a0parked beside a narrow stream, stepped out under the grey skies and into a light rain&#8212;and took a little walk. When it&#8217;s not so bright, things that are bright of and by themselves sometimes look a little special. There were a lot of flowers growing in and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/28\/rainy-day-persimmons\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rainy Day Persimmons<\/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-3603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603","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=3603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3612,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603\/revisions\/3612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}