{"id":14149,"date":"2011-03-01T22:37:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=14149"},"modified":"2011-03-01T22:48:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:48:31","slug":"cue-the-ice-cream-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=14149","title":{"rendered":"Cue the Ice Cream Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>The twilight opening of the door to the enchanted photographic realm of &#8220;magic hour&#8221; is announced by the canned tunes of the ice cream man plying his cold confections 365 days a year.  If I&#8217;m home when that tinny music floats down our street, around 5:00 o&#8217;clock this time of year, I make a mad dash for the camera and head outdoors.<\/p>\n<p><small> Rusellia equisetiformis spilling off the back porch<\/small><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/2011\/227eve026.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Geranium pyrenaicum &#8216;Bill Wallis&#8217;<\/small><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/2011\/3111eve018.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Erysimum linifolium &#8216;Variegatum&#8217;<\/small><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/2011\/3111eve034.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Queen Anne&#8217;s Lace<\/small><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/2011\/3111eve025.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>more tulips budding<\/small><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/2011\/3111eve013.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no time to grab an ice cream <em>and<\/em> photos, it&#8217;s strictly either\/or, before the door has swung shut on another fleeting magic hour.<br \/>\nIf only the truck sounded like <em>this<\/em> Ice Cream Man.  But then I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;d chuck taking photos and head straight for the ice cream truck.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FFIVPRWT-t0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The twilight opening of the door to the enchanted photographic realm of &#8220;magic hour&#8221; is announced by the canned tunes of the ice cream man plying his cold confections 365 days a year. 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