{"id":1328,"date":"2013-08-20T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/08\/20\/hibiscus\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T09:38:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T17:38:34","slug":"hibiscus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/08\/20\/hibiscus\/","title":{"rendered":"Hibiscus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before I get around to showing some of our travel photos, I thought I’d show you what we came home to. Not too long ago DH redid our outdoor fountain area<\/a>, planting three hibiscus bushes in the process. We have a red, an orange, and a yellow hibiscus, and the yellow one was doing its best to welcome us home. <\/g><\/p>\n

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Beautiful, isn’t it? \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before I get around to showing some of our travel photos, I thought I’d show you what we came home to. Not too long ago DH redid our outdoor fountain area, planting three hibiscus bushes in the process. 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