{"id":5122,"date":"2013-04-22T10:16:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T17:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/?p=5122"},"modified":"2013-04-22T21:48:03","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T04:48:03","slug":"unusual-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/unusual-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Unusual Bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year the Joshua Tree’s are blooming, something rarely done in such large numbers. Last week, Jeff and I drove to Joshua Tree National Park to see them in bloom; although the bloom may represent the plants distress at being without rain this year, a sort of last-ditch effort to procreate, it was beautiful, and a reminder of the fragile ecosystem of the desert and this planet.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to Jeff for the majority of these beautiful photographs. Happy Earth Day, everyone. (PS – here are some more!<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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