{"id":3311,"date":"2015-07-03T22:03:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T21:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=3311"},"modified":"2015-07-03T22:03:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T21:03:13","slug":"roy-fruit-trees-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2015\/07\/03\/roy-fruit-trees-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy + fruit trees = JOY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yup, even at our rental home, 820 N. Center St., Plymouth, IN 46563, Roy is busy in the garden. \u00a0He planted a peach tree today. \u00a0For future renters&#8217; pleasure. \u00a0Because he says he has to be a boy scout, leaving a place nicer than you found it. \u00a0Because he is driven to play in the dirt, to watch things grow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/07\/blog-fruit-trees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3312\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/07\/blog-fruit-trees.jpg\" alt=\"blog fruit trees\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/07\/blog-fruit-trees.jpg 336w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/07\/blog-fruit-trees-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=3311&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yup, even at our rental home, 820 N. 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