{"id":5755,"date":"2016-04-25T18:19:17","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T18:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5755"},"modified":"2016-04-25T18:19:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T18:19:17","slug":"life-summer-is-here-not-quite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/04\/25\/life-summer-is-here-not-quite\/","title":{"rendered":"Life: Summer is here? 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Sure it was 55F and sure it was 38F when I was sleeping but, when the sun was out, it was pretty glorious.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I detailed my car &amp; bike and setup patio furniture and got both gardens ready for planting and then checked the weather. Snow Tuesday the 26th and below freezing at night nearly all week. So, it\u2019s not quite summer but for one brief day, we could go outside and do yard-work.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;First Time Grilling of 2016&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/26533893682\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter pk-lazyload\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"First Time Grilling of 2016\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1713\/26533893682_f361f747ba_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Hill Farmstead Sumner Pale Ale&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/26627031295\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter pk-lazyload\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Hill Farmstead Sumner Pale Ale\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1548\/26627031295_2c580aeb44_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoying Hill Farmstead\u2019s latest Sumner Pale Ale<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Car Wash \/ Bike Wash Day! - April 2016&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/26561493251\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter pk-lazyload\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Car Wash \/ Bike Wash Day! - April 2016\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1551\/26561493251_d93613bd75_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bike &amp; Car are detailed (took about 4 hours total)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This weekend felt like the first time I was in Summer weather. 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