{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - CJ","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/Starfrond","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"135851","username":"Starfrond","bio":"Wild gardens and mundane anecdotes. Just trying to pay better attention. 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This morning I watched a dad stroll by with his two young boys. 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Planted Frogfruit today in the area where a sidewalk would go &amp; found Miner Bees!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://starfrond.micro.blog/2022/12/09/215520.html","date_published":"2022-12-10T02:55:20+00:00","author":{"name":"CJ","url":"https://starfrond.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F17%2F135851.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Starfrond"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-10 02:55","date_timestamp":1670640920,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}