{"id":19998,"date":"2013-09-27T06:22:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T13:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=19998"},"modified":"2016-11-29T18:19:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T01:19:51","slug":"creative-prompt-227-blossom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/creative-prompt-227-blossom\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Prompt #227: Blossom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blossom_(TV_series)?\" target=\"_blank\">TV Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p>vegan restaurant in NYC<\/p>\n<p>apple blossoms<\/p>\n<p>Statistical software<\/p>\n<p>Blossom magazine by Amy Butler<\/p>\n<p>Blossom Music Center &#8211; Ohio<\/p>\n<p>floral design studio in Brooklyn, NY<\/p>\n<p>Wild Blossom Meadery &amp; Winery<\/p>\n<p>Lulu Blossom skincare<\/p>\n<p>Burning Blossom (item in World of Warcraft)<\/p>\n<p><em>Blossom<\/em> is a non profit charity organization that empowers youth by providing important and meaningful volunteer opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Merry, merry sparrow! Under leaves so green A happy blossom Sees you, swift as arrow, Seek your cradle narrow, Near my bosom. Pretty, pretty robin! Under leaves so green A happy blossom Hears you sobbing, sobbing, Pretty, pretty robin, Near my bosom. \" target=\"_blank\">The Blossom by William Blake<\/a><br \/>\nMerry, merry sparrow!<br \/>\nUnder leaves so green<br \/>\nA happy blossom<br \/>\nSees you, swift as arrow,<br \/>\nSeek your cradle narrow,<br \/>\nNear my bosom.<br \/>\nPretty, pretty robin!<br \/>\nUnder leaves so green<br \/>\nA happy blossom<br \/>\nHears you sobbing, sobbing,<br \/>\nPretty, pretty robin,<br \/>\nNear my bosom.<\/p>\n<p>watching someone blossom<\/p>\n<p>National Cherry Blossom Festival<\/p>\n<p>Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and\/or your blog.<\/p>\n<p>We are also talking about this on Twitter. Use the hashtag #CPP<\/p>\n<p>The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/aqcpp\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr group<\/a>, which you can join to\u00a0 post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blossom\" target=\"_blank\">Definition<\/a>: &#8220;In <a title=\"Botany\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Botany\">botany<\/a>, <b>blossom<\/b> is a term given to the <a title=\"Flowers\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flowers\">flowers<\/a> of <a title=\"Stone fruit\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stone_fruit\">stone fruit<\/a> <a title=\"Fruit tree\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fruit_tree\">trees<\/a> (genus <i><a title=\"Prunus\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prunus\">Prunus<\/a><\/i>) and of some other plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely for a period of time in <a title=\"Spring (season)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spring_%28season%29\">spring<\/a>. Colloquially flowers of <a title=\"Orange (fruit)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orange_%28fruit%29\">orange<\/a> are referred to as such as well. <a title=\"Peach\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peach\">Peach<\/a> (including nectarine) blossoms, most <a title=\"Cherry\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cherry\">cherry<\/a> blossoms, and some <a title=\"Almond\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Almond\">almond<\/a> blossoms are usually pink. <a title=\"Plum\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plum\">Plum<\/a> blossoms, <a title=\"Apple\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple\">apple<\/a> blossoms, orange blossoms, some <a title=\"Cherry\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cherry\">cherry<\/a> blossoms, and most <a title=\"Almond\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Almond\">almond<\/a> blossoms are white.<\/p>\n<p>Blossoms provide <a title=\"Pollen\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pollen\">pollen<\/a> to <a title=\"Pollinator\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pollinator\">pollinators<\/a> such as bees, and initiate cross-pollination necessary for the trees to reproduce by producing fruit.<\/p>\n<p>Blossom trees have a tendency to lose their flower <a title=\"Petal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petal\">petals<\/a> in wind-blown cascades, often covering the surrounding ground in petals. This attribute tends to distinguish <i>blossom<\/i> trees from other flowering trees.&#8221; (Wikipedia)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV Series vegan restaurant in NYC apple blossoms Statistical software Blossom magazine by Amy Butler Blossom Music Center &#8211; Ohio floral design studio in Brooklyn, NY Wild Blossom Meadery &amp; Winery Lulu Blossom skincare Burning Blossom (item in World of Warcraft) Blossom is a non profit charity organization that empowers youth by providing important and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/creative-prompt-227-blossom\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Creative Prompt #227: Blossom&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[79,311,72],"class_list":["post-19998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-402","tag-creative-prompt","tag-creativity","tag-group-project"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}