{"id":2159,"date":"2013-05-03T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T10:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:19:59","slug":"spring-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2159","title":{"rendered":"Spring Colours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am fortunate that I live very close to a 200 acre arboretum. It&#8217;s actually a huge cemetery right in the centre of the city and about 5 minutes from my office. Yesterday was a beautiful Spring day &#8211; 18C, full sun, no wind, so I decided to go for a morning walk. It was one of those days, when my world could wait for an hour, while I disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, there were a few of us out with cameras. One photographer was in full regalia &#8211; tripod, pith helmet, several cameras, note book&#8230;he was probably at work \ud83d\ude42 While the rest of us were just playing!! Here is what I saw.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgrdYmIn0RKAvKJEfD8fEgZHKSusLp87gBkDsO9BMg7crldyDZKziMviX5FScZQleYN-KHts7q6sXn_2dKeZOpD3YwGWDZOWpnbKH6SIvOe0bRlCdKd5u5SBrK-FgzyEb5E1iMe1g\/s320\/cherry+blossom+2013.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgrdYmIn0RKAvKJEfD8fEgZHKSusLp87gBkDsO9BMg7crldyDZKziMviX5FScZQleYN-KHts7q6sXn_2dKeZOpD3YwGWDZOWpnbKH6SIvOe0bRlCdKd5u5SBrK-FgzyEb5E1iMe1g\/s320\/cherry+blossom+2013.jpg\" width=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">Flowering Crab &#8211; 2013<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjL4rUElLQqVv_UqqKljR4cq_n0ylAj1jHoMLhd2KKufLXG1BujNwYLGOD81F9VGbmQQwz9y67BJglfKSeVKgLU9irdQwlGoC7cKfFg3bGAn3Ex-vjdKsu9HcWebKdZ4uoO5uva3w\/s320\/white+magnolia.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjL4rUElLQqVv_UqqKljR4cq_n0ylAj1jHoMLhd2KKufLXG1BujNwYLGOD81F9VGbmQQwz9y67BJglfKSeVKgLU9irdQwlGoC7cKfFg3bGAn3Ex-vjdKsu9HcWebKdZ4uoO5uva3w\/s320\/white+magnolia.jpg\" width=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">White magnolia<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjkUrOlAZjD_gGungqFeDfHuT_kjvbjP7-IaMRSgqIf3gNhtwkOfrSYmFYI_FXWHmUU3FKZW014_ulAgLoox1WBzzDRLrgV5xI8LjnwG4EeB0oIcqSZrrHYeBlowpjWydNkQEBVSA\/s320\/flowering+crab2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjkUrOlAZjD_gGungqFeDfHuT_kjvbjP7-IaMRSgqIf3gNhtwkOfrSYmFYI_FXWHmUU3FKZW014_ulAgLoox1WBzzDRLrgV5xI8LjnwG4EeB0oIcqSZrrHYeBlowpjWydNkQEBVSA\/s320\/flowering+crab2.jpg\" width=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">Colours by Nature<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Then it was back to reality and work. When you exit the cemetery you come right up against the city &#8211; construction, traffic, condos, fast food, branding of every stripe and plastic in any colour imaginable. It&#8217;s an amazing contrast.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhH2yTPLmeumtLwM73NqGCpc3wg7-3U8b1jNvpodz4ljkI-OO6YXlHPs6bokpi4BUF35USf-ArHwuAeLOxO4mJulrsniOzVH5cuMtRZaAArMwiaSaiDMRwDsEppJkeiK6R5AY1Yog\/s320\/on+the+run.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhH2yTPLmeumtLwM73NqGCpc3wg7-3U8b1jNvpodz4ljkI-OO6YXlHPs6bokpi4BUF35USf-ArHwuAeLOxO4mJulrsniOzVH5cuMtRZaAArMwiaSaiDMRwDsEppJkeiK6R5AY1Yog\/s320\/on+the+run.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">Colours by Man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Have a colourful day!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am fortunate that I live very close to a 200 acre arboretum. It&#8217;s actually a huge cemetery right in the centre of the city and about 5 minutes from my office. Yesterday was a beautiful Spring day &#8211; 18C, full sun, no wind, so I decided to go for a morning walk. It was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unicorns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2164,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions\/2164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}