{"id":1041,"date":"2025-10-23T16:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacecaptainsteve.com\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2025-11-02T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T03:14:57","slug":"1041","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacecaptainsteve.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/1041\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:7qh7x6dynsincmp2c5sgpw3a\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m3sujjf5qs2k\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreics42evrsq6sfjczkago2xtgnem3ywlenc7q7kfzg2dgx23apjiqm\"><p lang=\"en\">Spring (baby summer) isn&#39;t so bad around here. The Jacarandas are blooming and the dropped flowers haven&#39;t turned to a slick, decomposed mush yet. 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