{"id":3355,"date":"2017-02-12T13:56:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T21:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2017-02-12T13:56:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T21:56:46","slug":"sun-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/12\/sun-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3357\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender-2-1724x1293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What a change. \u00a0The air has warmed up and the sun has come out.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still a bit of this stuff hanging around, especially along the roads, but it&#8217;s turning to a frozen icy thing that feels pretty far removed from the fluffy stuff it fell as.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3374\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_0198-e1486935241453-1724x1293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The blue jays have been racing around outside, chasing each other past the windows and squawking\u00a0at the tops of their voices. \u00a0I can see an eagle sitting in the top of a tree way down by the beach, hopefully enjoying that sun soak in. \u00a0Can you imagine how good that must feel?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m having a quiet day of drawing and enjoying warm feet. \u00a0I&#8217;m sitting on the couch thinking about pomegranates, trying to decide what colour border I would want if I was a pomegranate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3356\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fullsizeoutput_8f-1724x1293.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s wonderful seeing bright shadows in my house again. \u00a0Lucy at first seemed offput by the brightness.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3367\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fullsizeoutput_90-1197x1424.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"761\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Somewhere inside though her heart must have made a happy noise, because soon she was joined by her sister, hoping\u00a0for a\u00a0spot in the sun.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3368\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fullsizeoutput_91-1105x1424.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"825\" \/><br \/>\nA cease fire\u00a0was called on all sisterly cat grumpiness as the first proper sunbaths of the year commenced.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3369\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fullsizeoutput_92-1068x1424.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A lineup of lickers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3370\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fullsizeoutput_93-1068x1424.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sun and stretching and spit. \u00a0The basics of a good life, right there.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3371\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fullsizeoutput_94-1068x1424.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It felt good watching them. \u00a0My own form of sun celebration, maybe.<\/p>\n<p>But then Lucy had to take it a bit too far.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ew,&#8221; said Scout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3372\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fullsizeoutput_95-1068x1424.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;See ya,&#8221; said Scout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3373\" src=\"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fullsizeoutput_96-1068x1424.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And so it was over, the spell broken by Lucy&#8217;s bum.<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m back to working on the couch, Lucy comes and goes sitting by me, and Scout has gone off to cuddle her girl and grumble about sisters.<\/p>\n<p>I think turquoise. \u00a0(My pomegranate me.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a change. \u00a0The air has warmed up and the sun has come out. 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