{"id":904,"date":"2012-05-10T17:10:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T16:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/?p=904"},"modified":"2012-05-10T17:10:18","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T16:10:18","slug":"may-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/?p=904","title":{"rendered":"May Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ukweb1.netvis.co.uk:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/blossom-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-905\" title=\"blossom\" src=\"http:\/\/ukweb1.netvis.co.uk:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/blossom-1.jpg\" alt=\"blossom\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/blossom-1.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/blossom-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukweb1.netvis.co.uk:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bee-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-906\" title=\"bee\" src=\"http:\/\/ukweb1.netvis.co.uk:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bee-1.jpg\" alt=\"honey bee\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bee-1.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bee-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukweb1.netvis.co.uk:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/field-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-907\" title=\"field\" src=\"http:\/\/ukweb1.netvis.co.uk:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/field-1.jpg\" alt=\"sun on field\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/field-1.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/field-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukweb1.netvis.co.uk:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/beer-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-915\" title=\"beer\" src=\"http:\/\/ukweb1.netvis.co.uk:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/beer-1.jpg\" alt=\"beer\" width=\"461\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/beer-1.jpg 461w, https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/beer-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/beer-1-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kennet Morris Men - Valentine Dance 2012\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mO4nXk7_0wI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>May Day. Cherry blossom, honey bees, the orangey glow of the sun setting on pastures green. Morris Men dancing in the arrival of summer.<\/p>\n<p>With me as their subject.<\/p>\n<p>I was this year&#8217;s <a title=\"Kennet Morris Men\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kennetmorrismen.co.uk\/\">Kennet Morris Men<\/a>&#8216;s &#8216;Valentine&#8217; &#8211; the subject of a ritual performed about me for reasons of fertility and well being. So the crops will grow.\u00a0I like to do my bit.<\/p>\n<p>When the dance was over, the Morris Men hoisted me into the air and carried me aloft back to my picnic bench, (unfortunately wet grass meant I was also dropped rather unceremoniously), where I was thus shielded by\u00a0handkerchiefs to protect my modesty, and presented with this exclusive pin for my troubles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukweb1.netvis.co.uk:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/badge-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-910\" title=\"badge\" src=\"http:\/\/ukweb1.netvis.co.uk:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/badge-1.jpg\" alt=\"I've been tossed by the Kennet Morris Men\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/badge-1.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/badge-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>May your radishes be fecund and your barley be strong and good!<\/p>\n<p>Have I always stood like a duck?<\/p>\n<p>Why did no one tell me?\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May Day. Cherry blossom, honey bees, the orangey glow of the sun setting on pastures green. Morris Men dancing in the arrival of summer. With me as their subject. I was this year&#8217;s Kennet Morris Men&#8216;s &#8216;Valentine&#8217; &#8211; the subject of a ritual performed about me for reasons of fertility and well being. So the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}