{"id":2969,"date":"2014-11-30T17:44:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T16:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2014-11-30T17:44:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T16:44:57","slug":"cant-make-roy-sit-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/11\/30\/cant-make-roy-sit-still\/","title":{"rendered":"Can&#8217;t make Roy sit still!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Anna saw an advertisement for a handyman at a local nursery, Roy was excited to help, especially if a trade of work for plants could be arranged. \u00a0He and Sam have helped with making bridges and brick walkways safe in exchange for flowers, the first installment being these oriental lilies. \u00a0Gorgeous, and the smell! \u00a0Oh.my! \u00a0Sweet!<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-froggy-pond.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2961\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-froggy-pond.jpg\" alt=\"???????????????????????????????\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-froggy-pond.jpg 336w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-froggy-pond-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-froggy-pond2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2962\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-froggy-pond2.jpg\" alt=\"???????????????????????????????\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-froggy-pond2.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-froggy-pond2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-froggy-pond3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2958\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-froggy-pond3.jpg\" alt=\"blog froggy pond3\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-froggy-pond3.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/blog-froggy-pond3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2969&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Anna saw an advertisement for a handyman at a local nursery, Roy was excited to help, especially if a trade of work for plants could be arranged. \u00a0He and Sam have helped with making bridges and brick walkways safe &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/11\/30\/cant-make-roy-sit-still\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can&#039;t make Roy sit still! 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