{"id":2997,"date":"2023-03-01T18:28:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T18:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2023-03-01T18:28:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T18:28:57","slug":"twelve-tulips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/?p=2997","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Tulips."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2306T-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2306T-1-1024x786.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2306T-1-1024x786.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2306T-1-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2306T-1-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2306T-1-1536x1180.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2306T-1-391x300.jpg 391w, https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2306T-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>An unexpected present at the beginning of January has been brightening and colouring my Winter. (I have lovely friends). The tulips arrived by post and flowered until March.<br>I couldn&#8217;t resist painting them, lined up on my kitchen windowsill\u2026 It was an inspired and inspiring gift!<br>I wondered whether to cut off the bulbs and plant them, but I loved seeing the whole plant. I assume they were grown hydroponically, as they arrived with flower buds and clean roots. So I put them in glass vases, and I put some diluted liquid feed in the bottom of the vase.<br>Now the faded petals are falling, so I have cut off the flowering stem and I&#8217;ll let the bulbs rest and dry. I&#8217;ll plant them in the garden so they can delight me again.<br>I put one in a clay pot, as I love that deep purple colour, so it doesn&#8217;t get lost in the garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unexpected present at the beginning of January has been brightening and colouring my Winter. (I have lovely friends). The tulips arrived by post and flowered until March.I couldn&#8217;t resist painting them, lined up on my kitchen windowsill\u2026 It was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/?p=2997\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25,161,229],"class_list":["post-2997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-oil-painting","tag-painting-for-sale","tag-tulips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2999,"href":"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions\/2999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clothylde.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}