{"id":6197,"date":"2011-04-02T16:23:25","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T20:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/?p=6197"},"modified":"2011-04-02T16:23:57","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T20:23:57","slug":"the-groundhog-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/02\/the-groundhog-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The groundhog is back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s back, merrily wreaking havoc with the new green shoots, but I&#8217;m just happy that it&#8217;s there.<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6197 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC_1210.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC_1210-160x105.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" 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