{"id":960,"date":"2016-04-21T01:56:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T01:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/?p=960"},"modified":"2016-06-30T17:12:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T17:12:33","slug":"spring-in-the-ozarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/?p=960","title":{"rendered":"Spring in the Ozarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love Spring in the Ozarks!! Our\u00a0first irises are blooming here at Chez Willmere and are positively spectacular! The Bewilderbeast is one of our favorites and she sure\u00a0puts on a show!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewildered2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-964\" src=\"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewildered2.jpg\" alt=\"iris\" width=\"864\" height=\"804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewildered2.jpg 864w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewildered2-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewildered2-768x715.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewildered2-290x270.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The purples and yellows are stunning. The curves and curly edges are beautiful and delicate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewilderbeast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-961\" src=\"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewilderbeast.jpg\" alt=\"bewilderbeast\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewilderbeast.jpg 480w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewilderbeast-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewilderbeast-180x270.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are probably at least a dozen or more blooms on it. Many of them haven&#8217;t even opened yet. Mesmerizing!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewildered.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-963\" src=\"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewildered.jpg\" alt=\"bewildered\" width=\"864\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewildered.jpg 864w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewildered-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewildered-768x736.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewildered-282x270.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lines and curves are so random and variegated, they are different on every flower. It&#8217;s even gorgeous from underneath!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewilderbeast2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-962\" src=\"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewilderbeast2.jpg\" alt=\"bewilderbeast2\" width=\"864\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewilderbeast2.jpg 864w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewilderbeast2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewilderbeast2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bewilderbeast2-405x270.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s even beautiful looking down into the mouth of the &#8216;Beast!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mouthbeast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-967\" src=\"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mouthbeast.jpg\" alt=\"mouthbeast\" width=\"864\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mouthbeast.jpg 864w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mouthbeast-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mouthbeast-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mouthbeast-370x270.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing to see the incredibly beautiful things we find in nature!! Even the lowly dandelion is beautiful from the right angles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dandy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-965\" src=\"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dandy.jpg\" alt=\"dandy\" width=\"864\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dandy.jpg 864w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dandy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dandy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dandy-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dandy-269x270.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Spring!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love Spring in the Ozarks!! Our\u00a0first irises are blooming here at Chez Willmere and are positively spectacular! The Bewilderbeast is one of our favorites and she sure\u00a0puts on a show! The purples and yellows are stunning. The curves and curly edges are beautiful and delicate. There are probably at least a dozen or more blooms on it. Many of them haven&#8217;t even opened yet. Mesmerizing!! The lines and curves are so random and variegated, they are different on every&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/?p=960\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-domesticity","category-photography","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=960"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":969,"href":"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960\/revisions\/969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carla.romere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}