{"id":3415,"date":"2016-04-07T15:06:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T15:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/?p=3415"},"modified":"2016-04-07T15:07:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T15:07:40","slug":"%ef%bb%bfa-wildflower-walk-with-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/07\/%ef%bb%bfa-wildflower-walk-with-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffA Wildflower Walk with Surprises!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The blog post from Maria de Bruyn; Posted on April 4, 2016<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/07\/%ef%bb%bfa-wildflower-walk-with-surprises\/owl-img_3036c2a9-maria-de-bruyn-res\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3417\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3417\" src=\"https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/owl-img_3036c2a9-maria-de-bruyn-res-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"owl-img_3036c2a9-maria-de-bruyn-res\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/owl-img_3036c2a9-maria-de-bruyn-res-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/owl-img_3036c2a9-maria-de-bruyn-res-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/owl-img_3036c2a9-maria-de-bruyn-res.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a>This past Saturday morning, we awoke to water streaming from the heavens in quite a heavy downpour. A local conservation group, Friends of Bolin Creek, had scheduled a wildflower walk to see some of our ephemeral spring blooms but the wet conditions were not inviting. A decision to postpone the walk to early afternoon was taken \u2013 and the weather-people had gotten it right \u2013 the sun began shining at mid-day and the temperature rose, creating lovely conditions for a walk after all. A large owl (later revealed to be granddaughter Kate of the group\u2019s president) greeted the small group of intrepid walkers and we set off to see what we could find.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/mybeautifulworldblogdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/04\/owl-img_3036c2a9-maria-de-bruyn-res.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blog post from Maria de Bruyn; Posted on April 4, 2016 This past Saturday morning, we awoke to water streaming from the heavens in quite a heavy downpour. 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