{"id":33574,"date":"2025-03-31T16:35:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=33574"},"modified":"2025-03-31T16:35:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:35:53","slug":"albert-park-through-the-year-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=33574","title":{"rendered":"Albert Park Through the Year: March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025033102.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe old saying that <em>March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb<\/em> has held true this year, with the month ending in sunshine and blue skies. I don\u2019t have a picture of the lion, but here is the lamb \u2014 delicate white blossoms and the fresh green of new leaves.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025033107.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nSpring\u2019s renewal is everywhere. Tiny leaves are unfurling throughout the park, and these bright green shoots show the steady return of new life.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025033108.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe glow of Forsythia stands out against the statue of Prince Albert, the park\u2019s most striking landmark.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025033118.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe Abingdon Bowling Green appears to have been been freshly seeded and new grass covers The Green. A scarecrow rainbow flag has been flying over the green, and so far, no footprints have touched its surface.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025033127.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAt the lower end of the park, Narcissi have been in bloom for weeks, joined by a few blue and white bells.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025033140a.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nNear the park\u2019s maintenance compound, a tall tree is white with blossom and buzzing with bees. Yellow butterflies flit about, and Peacock butterflies, like the one pictured here, settle to feed on the flowers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The old saying that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb has held true this year, with the month ending in sunshine and blue skies. I don\u2019t have a picture of the lion, but here is the lamb \u2014 delicate white blossoms and the fresh green of new leaves. Spring\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-albert-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}