{"id":45098,"date":"2020-03-28T13:06:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T13:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=45098"},"modified":"2020-03-28T19:38:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T19:38:24","slug":"self-isolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Self isolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Self isolate with confidence<br \/>\nAnd use the time to  learn<br \/>\nGet A chair in a south facing window<br \/>\nAnd let your eyes discern<br \/>\nWhatever\u2019s going on outside<br \/>\nIn my case what I see<br \/>\nIs a host of golden daffodils<br \/>\nUnder a  cherry tree<br \/>\nI also see a Copper Beech<br \/>\nSome thirty five feet high<br \/>\nWhere  a magpie and a pigeon sits<br \/>\nWatching the world go by<\/p>\n<p>A mature bush of protection<br \/>\nthe rosemary evergreen<br \/>\nWith lilac spangles all aglow<br \/>\nWhere  Sylphs are often seen<br \/>\nIn the cool light of the morning<br \/>\nActually close to Dawn<br \/>\na busy time for fairies<br \/>\nWhen  blessings are often borne<br \/>\nOnto the world from a great height<br \/>\nAn awakening for all<br \/>\ninfrequently  a human and a dog<br \/>\nPass by my wall<br \/>\nA flash of sweat and draw string pants<br \/>\nSo more wild souls on view<br \/>\nA blackbird and a sparrow<br \/>\nA squirrel on the fence<br \/>\nAnd I  haven\u2019t even moved an inch<br \/>\nMy gaze makes so much sense<br \/>\nThere\u2019s mallow chickweed and plantain<br \/>\nAnd stinging nettles too<br \/>\nAll of them I\u2019m going to eat<br \/>\nnutritiously they do<br \/>\nPromise a  wild and balanced lunch<br \/>\nWith Some flat bread That Ive made<br \/>\nAn inch or two of hummus<br \/>\nAnd some Home made lemonade.<br \/>\nI am isolating quietly<br \/>\nThe muse of course in me<br \/>\nReally working overtime<br \/>\nIt\u2019s lovely just to be<br \/>\nWinding back from stressing<br \/>\nAbout lock down And all that<br \/>\nfeeling the earth\u2019s sweet blessings<br \/>\nOn the right side of my mat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self isolate with confidence And use the time to learn Get A chair in a south facing window And let your eyes discern Whatever\u2019s going on outside In my case what I see Is a host of golden daffodils Under &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolate\/\">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":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-topical-news-stories-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45098","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=45098"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45104,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45098\/revisions\/45104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}