{"id":4291,"date":"2012-12-16T18:40:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T18:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4291"},"modified":"2012-12-16T18:44:58","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T18:44:58","slug":"ashridge-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/12\/ashridge-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashridge in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the sunlight<br \/>\neverything in Nature sparkles<br \/>\nthe moss bound Birches<br \/>\nresplendent as they lean<br \/>\natop, the fan like branches<br \/>\nof pure silver<br \/>\nand an ardent kiss<br \/>\nfrom December&#8217;s frosty gleam<br \/>\nmotionless, the wind it seems<br \/>\nresting on this Sunday<br \/>\nand all around the litter collecting<br \/>\nteam<br \/>\nthoughtful early risers<br \/>\ncollecting what&#8217;s been thrown<br \/>\nout of cars, bottles and jars<br \/>\nthat then become wind blown<br \/>\nand obviously unsightly<br \/>\nand dangerous to those who<br \/>\nwho amble through the forest<br \/>\nthe wild folk<br \/>\nor even you<br \/>\njoggers caked in mud<br \/>\nearly risers too<br \/>\nusing Sunday to get fit<br \/>\ntheir faces look quite blue<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t help thinking<br \/>\nsitting in my car<br \/>\nwriting these odes<br \/>\nits better in the long run<br \/>\nthan running on the roads<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashridge a forest of changing beauty <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/12\/ashridge-in-december\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4291"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4294,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291\/revisions\/4294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}