{"id":5638,"date":"2016-09-28T09:43:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T23:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/?p=5638"},"modified":"2020-07-31T12:24:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T02:24:28","slug":"in-my-not-so-secret-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2016\/09\/in-my-not-so-secret-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"In my not-so-secret garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s only in the holidays that I have the time to sit outside in the morning and drink my coffee with Procrastipup. And, now that the nights are getting warmer, I like to stand outside at dusk to see the sky deepening to black and breathe in the scents of rose, murraya, portwine magnolia and jasmine that perfume the night air.<\/p>\n

I like to share images of my garden on Instagram<\/a>, mostly because they brighten my day, also because they give me something beautiful to share on the days when all I’m looking at is a screen with a blinking cursor.<\/p>\n

Here\u00a0are a few I’ve shared lately.<\/p>\n

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