{"id":3322,"date":"2017-02-28T10:58:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T17:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/?p=3322"},"modified":"2017-02-28T10:58:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T17:58:14","slug":"clearing-clutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/28\/clearing-clutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearing Clutter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h4>Clearing Clutter, Orchids, and Other Thoughts<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>What to do when you finally finish clearing years of accumulated clutter from a room&#8230; ? Give the room some beautiful, living flowers, of course. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3323\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Susan-Brandt-Graham-9563-2.jpg\" alt=\"orchids\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Susan-Brandt-Graham-9563-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Susan-Brandt-Graham-9563-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Susan-Brandt-Graham-9563-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Susan-Brandt-Graham-9563-2-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Susan-Brandt-Graham-9563-2-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orchids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Quote for the Day:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> It was the end of some sort of career. 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