{"id":207,"date":"2018-08-08T16:13:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T16:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/?p=207"},"modified":"2018-08-08T16:34:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T16:34:26","slug":"season-of-the-sunflower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/season-of-the-sunflower\/","title":{"rendered":"SEASON OF THE SUNFLOWER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-208 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09335-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09335-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09335-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09335-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SEASON OF THE SUNFLOWER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now\u2019s the season of the sunflower<br \/>\nliving in the sunlight hour by hour<br \/>\ngently they turn and follow its way<br \/>\nforever open to God\u2019s new day<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-209 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09339-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09339-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09339-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09339-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As a choir singing from the same page<br \/>\nsunflowers unite fully engaged<br \/>\nlooking up and never looking down<br \/>\nbeaming forth joy neath love\u2019s gold crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-210 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09329-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09329-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09329-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09329-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There\u2019s a lesson here for you and me<br \/>\nIf only we\u2019ll take the time to see<br \/>\nthe meaning of life is in the Son,<br \/>\nto live in Christ\u2019s love till day is done.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">JP Holmes \u00a008\/08\/18<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-211 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09367-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09367-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09367-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC09367-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to the Raschle Family whose &#8216;pick your own sunflower&#8217; field just east of Hanover, (Grey County), Ontario offers beauty and inspiration to all who pass by and especially to those who stop. \u00a0And to think they offer the money in the donation box to charity. \u00a0How wonderful! \u00a0So glad we stopped.<\/p>\n<p>p.s. They even leave a pair of scissors to help you cut!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEASON OF THE SUNFLOWER Now\u2019s the season of the sunflower living in the sunlight hour by hour gently they turn and follow its way forever open to God\u2019s new day As a choir singing from the same page sunflowers unite fully engaged looking up and never looking down beaming forth joy neath love\u2019s gold crown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions\/214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkminsterpark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}