{"id":15486,"date":"2023-07-22T20:11:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T19:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=15486"},"modified":"2023-07-22T20:36:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T19:36:19","slug":"summer-fete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/22\/summer-fete\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Fete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although it was called a summer fete <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reality of the weather was quite different <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heavy skies and unseasonably strong winds <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was all that this July day had to offer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fete was opened promptly at two <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And a small number of people filtered in <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was being held in private garden <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which was lightly matched with trees <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the lower garden a small brass band <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entertained the visitors of the day <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From under the shelter of an oak <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had purchased various gifts <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And a handful of dull books<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the darker blind months <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And soon filled my pathetic bag <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It had started to rain lightly at first <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But quickly began to gather strength <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was time to leave the fete<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The church clock showed <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That It was ten to three <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I wondered <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quite poetically <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether there was<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Honey for Tea <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or just plain old <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strawberry Jam <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although it was called a summer fete The reality of the weather was quite different Heavy skies and unseasonably strong winds Was all that this July day had to offer The fete was opened promptly at two And a small number of people filtered in It was being held in private garden Which was lightly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15486"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15497,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15486\/revisions\/15497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}