{"id":6548,"date":"2026-09-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/?p=6548"},"modified":"2026-09-20T22:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T02:36:46","slug":"misty-mornings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/23\/misty-mornings\/","title":{"rendered":"Misty Mornings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Jacqueline Ayala, Social Media Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/resized-poem-photo-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6528\" style=\"width:750px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/resized-poem-photo-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/resized-poem-photo-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/resized-poem-photo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/resized-poem-photo-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/resized-poem-photo-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Misty Mornings | Thomas P (Pexels)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grey mornings are my favorite,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I notice my walks around my neighborhood are quiet,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The world around me feels so still, so peaceful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mist and fog lay over the lake, the mountains<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fading into the smoky clouds in the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While I walk, the dew wets my shoes and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wind gently passes through me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I do love the sun, the bright ball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That warms my skin when I\u2019m cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It feels too loud right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sun is strong, too strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I miss the misty mornings I call my paradise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was more than just a grey sky; it was the first sign of autumn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A sign of the need for sweaters, the need for an umbrella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, those seem to hardly exist as we enter September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were rich before it got too hot,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And now I want my misty mornings back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jacqueline Ayala, Social Media Editor The grey mornings are my favorite, I notice my walks around my neighborhood are quiet, The world around me feels so still, so peaceful&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-6548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6548"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6556,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6548\/revisions\/6556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6548"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=6548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}