{"id":6141,"date":"2020-02-20T14:42:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T13:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=6141"},"modified":"2020-02-20T14:42:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T13:42:40","slug":"flowers-always-flowers-for-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/02\/20\/flowers-always-flowers-for-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowers, always flowers, for joy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/blog-flowers-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6135\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/blog-flowers-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/blog-flowers-1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/blog-flowers-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/blog-flowers-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/blog-flowers-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6136\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/blog-flowers-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/blog-flowers-3.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/blog-flowers-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roy is a heliconia and bromeliad fanatic, and we get the benefit of all the beautiful and strange flowers he plants.\u00a0 Anna and the kids went on a walkabout on the farm and came up with this gorgeous bouquet and all these photos.\u00a0 What a creative God we serve!!\u00a0 Our hearts are full of thanks for the beauty around us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=6141&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy is a heliconia and bromeliad fanatic, and we get the benefit of all the beautiful and strange flowers he plants.\u00a0 Anna and the kids went on a walkabout on the farm and came up with this gorgeous bouquet and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/02\/20\/flowers-always-flowers-for-joy\/\">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":[212,336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-fun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Flowers, always flowers, for joy! 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