{"id":699,"date":"2014-05-21T18:51:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T09:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/?p=699"},"modified":"2014-05-21T23:07:53","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T14:07:53","slug":"pretty-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/21\/pretty-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty faces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140521_tall_yellow_flowers_500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-701\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140521_tall_yellow_flowers_500.jpg\" alt=\"140521_tall_yellow_flowers_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When she arched her back<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and raised her half-clasped hands to the sky,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I thought her fingertips<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">might tickle the sun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And what with the way her face shone,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I thought if only I had a camera<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to snap a shot<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to carry in my breast pocket<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">always,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I\u00a0would never ask for anything more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140521_tall_yellow_flowers_wind2_500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-702\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140521_tall_yellow_flowers_wind2_500.jpg\" alt=\"140521_tall_yellow_flowers_wind2_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But\u00a0when a breeze broke her pose,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and she lowered her arms<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and hugged her elbows,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">what I wished I had<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">was a cotton jacket<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to drape<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(gently now!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0over her shoulders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Just her shoulders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The goosebumps on her arms<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I could rub smooth<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">myself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140520_purple_flowers_350.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-700\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140520_purple_flowers_350.jpg\" alt=\"140520_purple_flowers_350\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140520_purple_flowers_350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140520_purple_flowers_350-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here, there, and everywhere . . . pretty faces.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When she arched her back and raised her half-clasped hands to the sky, I thought her fingertips might tickle the sun. And what with the way her face shone, I thought if only I had a camera to snap a shot to carry in my breast pocket always, I\u00a0would never ask for anything more. 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