{"id":1319,"date":"2023-11-05T18:52:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T09:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kristinmartin.net\/?page_id=1319"},"modified":"2025-01-21T10:46:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T01:16:30","slug":"welcome-swallows-nest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kristinmartin.net\/?page_id=1319","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Swallows&#8217; Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/96CC0692-EC2A-4A8B-BA17-CB6BEDC5214F_1_102_a.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/96CC0692-EC2A-4A8B-BA17-CB6BEDC5214F_1_102_a.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1406\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size\">When I was only little,<br>and was animal obsessed,<br>the beam beneath our carport<br>held a welcome swallow&#8217;s nest.<br><br>How I adored those swallows!<br>I would squeal in pure delight<br>while watching zippy arrows<br>dip and soar in graceful flight.<br><br>Their babies were the cutest<br>with their fluffy feathered cheeks,<br>all chirping <em>chee-chee chee-chee<\/em> <br>with their too-big yellow beaks.<br><br>And when the chicks grew older<br>it was such a joyous thrill<br>when mum and dad and babies<br>perched upon our window sill.<br><br>But then, one stormy Sunday,<br>our old carport roof went <em>crack!<\/em><br>We quickly built a new one<br>but the birds did not come back.<br><br>So now that I&#8217;m much older,<br>having finished junior school,<br>and I&#8217;m obsessed with&#8230;really&#8230;<br>I like anything that&#8217;s cool,<br><br>yet still, I&#8217;m so excited!<br>I am sure that you&#8217;ll have guessed:<br>there are swallows in our carport<br>and they&#8217;re building a <em>new<\/em> nest!<br><br>\u00a9 Kristin Martin 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was only little,and was animal obsessed,the beam beneath our carportheld a welcome swallow&#8217;s nest. How I adored those swallows!I would squeal in pure delightwhile watching zippy arrowsdip and soar in graceful flight. Their babies were the cutestwith their fluffy feathered cheeks,all chirping chee-chee chee-chee with their too-big yellow beaks. And when the chicks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":477,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1319","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristinmartin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristinmartin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristinmartin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristinmartin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristinmartin.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kristinmartin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1414,"href":"https:\/\/kristinmartin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1319\/revisions\/1414"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristinmartin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristinmartin.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}