{"id":65885,"date":"2024-12-19T05:46:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T05:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=65885"},"modified":"2024-12-19T19:21:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T19:21:29","slug":"yule-greetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/12\/yule-greetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Yule greetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Thursday the nineteenth<br \/>\nDecember so soon<br \/>\nNot quite as cold<br \/>\nI think around noon<br \/>\nI might feel  a meeting<br \/>\nWith Two friends I know<br \/>\nGloucestershires welcome<br \/>\nLeaves me feeling the glow<\/p>\n<p>Mistletoe Holly<br \/>\nA December day<br \/>\nA winter wonder<br \/>\nLet\u2019s wander away<br \/>\nSomewhere near the water<br \/>\nThe lodestone perhaps<br \/>\nNear The wonderful candle shop<br \/>\nKept under wraps<\/p>\n<p>A winter solstice<br \/>\nBesoms away<br \/>\nLet\u2019s watch the snow flurries<br \/>\nAnd the wild birds play<br \/>\nCome feed them ne\u2019er fail them<br \/>\nFeathery friends<br \/>\nSome organic pasture<br \/>\nThe message that sends<\/p>\n<p>Tiny and flighted<br \/>\nFeathers afire<br \/>\nPecking the icicles<br \/>\nHearing a lyre<br \/>\nThe wind in the eaves<br \/>\nOn a silent retreat<br \/>\nA great Christmas present<br \/>\nEnsuring souls eat<\/p>\n<p>Spindly legs<br \/>\nClothed we can see<br \/>\nHow to survive in the wilds<br \/>\nLet them be<br \/>\nFed from our hand<br \/>\nSome seeds hopefully<br \/>\nWatch as they fly<br \/>\nAnd forever stay free<\/p>\n<p>Wildness is wonderful <\/p>\n<p>The lodestone is a crystal shop<br \/>\nIn Bourton on the water<br \/>\nClose to the River Windrush<br \/>\nGL54 2AP<\/p>\n<p>+44-1451 820211<br \/>\nFabulous service<br \/>\nThey know their business<br \/>\nBeautifully displayed genuine gifts<br \/>\nFor those of you who want the real  thing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Thursday the nineteenth December so soon Not quite as cold I think around noon I might feel a meeting With Two friends I know Gloucestershires welcome Leaves me feeling the glow Mistletoe Holly A December day A winter wonder &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/12\/yule-greetings\/\">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":[749,137,13,14,568,799,598,316,666,521],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-country-tale","category-birds-and-the-environment","category-business-management","category-business-testimonials","category-crow-boys-and-girls","category-crystals","category-duty-of-care-was-always-there","category-forests-and-wild-places","category-front-and-back-gardens","category-love-and-respect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65885","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=65885"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65891,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65885\/revisions\/65891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}