{"id":33934,"date":"2025-06-30T16:08:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=33934"},"modified":"2025-06-30T16:08:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:08:30","slug":"albert-park-in-june-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=33934","title":{"rendered":"Albert Park in June 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025063060.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nIn the early mornings, many people are out walking in Albert Park. Most have dogs with them, but not all.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025063061.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nNear the Conduit Road entrance, the large rose tree is in full bloom. It\u2019s a great choice for its scent, and the bees are busy among the flowers. Trinity Church had its 150th Anniversary in June.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025063064.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nOn one leaf, a snail has found a perch.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025063062.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nFurther round the park stands a ginkgo tree, with its distinctive leaves.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025063063.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThere are also two Indian bean trees, with upright white blossoms similar to those of chestnut trees. Their long, bean-like seed pods hang beneath.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025063065.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nPine cones are ripening.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025063002.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nSome of the evergreens have shed their leaves. Other trees have let seed chaff fall &#8211; a soft cover for parts of the path.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025063066.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nA crow ambles across the dry grass and path.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025063068.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAnd at the end of the day, on one of the longest evenings of the year, Albert stands with the sun setting behind him.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025063069.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe trees are silhouetted against the sky, and a swirl of clouds catches the last light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early mornings, many people are out walking in Albert Park. Most have dogs with them, but not all. Near the Conduit Road entrance, the large rose tree is in full bloom. It\u2019s a great choice for its scent, and the bees are busy among the flowers. Trinity Church had its 150th Anniversary in [&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-33934","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\/33934","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=33934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}