{"id":3068,"date":"2011-03-23T14:16:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T22:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2011-03-23T14:16:57","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T22:16:57","slug":"spring-has-returned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/spring-has-returned\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Has Returned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. ~ Harriet Ann Jacobs<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3074\" title=\"Temple Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/flowrtemple1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/flowrtemple1a.jpg 307w, https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/flowrtemple1a-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spring is here! The season of renewal &amp; rebirth is upon us.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3078\" title=\"Tulip Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/tulipflowers3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"254\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love everything about spring, especially watching mother nature constantly rearranging and changing the landscape. Splashes of vibrant color here and there mixed in with shades of varying green.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3098\" title=\"Calla Lily\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/callalily.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even though Spring has arrived it&#8217;s still very cold and blustery. I\u00a0 found myself  puttering around the studio, drinking hot chocolate and day dreaming about the warm days ahead.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><em>What I have been working on Lately <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3069\" title=\"Lady of Spring1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ladyofspring1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ladyofspring1.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ladyofspring1-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ladyofspring1-140x170.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong>The Lady of Spring<\/strong><\/em><\/span> ~ sketch #1<\/p>\n<p>I scanned it and used Painter 9 to develop the painting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3070\" title=\"Ladyof Spring 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ladyofspring2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ladyofspring2.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ladyofspring2-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A work in progress . . .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3071\" title=\"Lady o Spring3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ladyofspring3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ladyofspring3.jpg 355w, https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ladyofspring3-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Still working . . . . and\u00a0 working . . .<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong><em>quote for the day; <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Spring ~ the birthday of the world<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">&#8216;Tis like the birthday of the world,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> When earth was born in bloom;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> The light is made of many dyes,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> The air is all perfume:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> There&#8217;s crimson buds, and white and blue,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> The very rainbow showers<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> Have turned to blossoms where they fell,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> And sown the earth with flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">~Thomas Hood<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. ~ Harriet Ann Jacobs Spring is here! The season of renewal &amp; rebirth is upon us. I love everything about spring, especially watching mother nature constantly rearranging and changing the landscape. Splashes of vibrant color here and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[790,3],"tags":[41,684,543,807],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3068"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3106,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3068\/revisions\/3106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}