{"id":16488,"date":"2020-02-22T23:11:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T23:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightcatcher.com\/staging\/6708\/?p=16488"},"modified":"2020-02-22T23:35:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T23:35:57","slug":"almost-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightcatcher.com\/staging\/6708\/almost-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s coming Spring before too long, and I can only reflect on the progress and changes in the past year and hope that the lessons learned will reflect in the new work.<br>My new studio isn&#8217;t built yet, but we are making progress in its making.<br>I have new sculptures I&#8217;m slowly bringing to completion and will show off as soon as I can.<br>My thought process continues to distill and refine and take on its own patina&#8230; maybe this will be evident when I share some essays.<br>This site continues to evolve as I seek ways to share the light that reflects off my facets.  If there&#8217;s something you&#8217;re hoping to see, or say, drop me a line.<br>Ciao for now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"859\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hjh.ann.mybluehost.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CarisDaffodil.jpg?resize=605%2C859&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lightcatcher.com\/staging\/6708\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CarisDaffodil.jpg?w=605&amp;ssl=1 605w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lightcatcher.com\/staging\/6708\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CarisDaffodil.jpg?resize=211%2C300&amp;ssl=1 211w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lightcatcher.com\/staging\/6708\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CarisDaffodil.jpg?resize=250%2C355&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lightcatcher.com\/staging\/6708\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CarisDaffodil.jpg?resize=400%2C568&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><figcaption>Daffodils came early this year in our Fort Worth, Texas yard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s coming Spring before too long, and I can only reflect on the progress and changes in the past year and hope that the lessons learned will reflect in the new work.My new studio isn&#8217;t built yet, but we are making progress in its making.I have new sculptures I&#8217;m slowly bringing to completion and will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-carisblog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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