{"id":4481,"date":"2017-04-16T01:37:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T07:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/?p=4481"},"modified":"2017-04-21T01:04:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T07:04:12","slug":"this-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/","title":{"rendered":"This Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/FNGP\/PMORC0Q090-mel3.jpg?w=1170\" alt=\"PMORC0Q090\"\/><\/p>\n<blockquote data-secret=\"1vuMGV0aD7\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/2007\/this-day-this-moment\/\">This Day, This Moment<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"http:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/2007\/this-day-this-moment\/embed\/#?secret=1vuMGV0aD7\" data-secret=\"1vuMGV0aD7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;This Day, This Moment&#8221; &#8212; M. E. Lacey\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fauna\/billimg_0020.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Naturalist, William H. Sharp of Lethbridge Alberta photographs yucca plant, a volunteer plant, near the high level bridge.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='2276467e2c5bb802543eb27d5d8fef70' data-ngg-protect=\"1\" data-image-id=\"154\" data-src=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fauna\/billimg_0020.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fauna\/thumbs\/thumbs_billimg_0020.jpg\" data-title=\"Bill\" data-description=\"Naturalist, William H. Sharp of Lethbridge Alberta photographs yucca plant, a volunteer plant, near the high level bridge.\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bill\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Bill\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"154\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fauna\/abgrassesimg_0011.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"blue grama, grasses of southern Alberta\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='2276467e2c5bb802543eb27d5d8fef70' data-ngg-protect=\"1\" data-image-id=\"153\" data-src=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fauna\/abgrassesimg_0011.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fauna\/thumbs\/thumbs_abgrassesimg_0011.jpg\" data-title=\"grasses\" data-description=\"blue grama, grasses of southern Alberta\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"grasses\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"grasses\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"153\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bgpc\/abwf1.jpg?t=1611644089\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Alberta Wildflower 2014 Calendar front cover, 11&quot; x 17&quot;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='2276467e2c5bb802543eb27d5d8fef70' data-ngg-protect=\"1\" data-image-id=\"815\" data-src=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bgpc\/abwf1.jpg?t=1611644089\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bgpc\/thumbs\/thumbs_abwf1.jpg?t=1611644089\" data-title=\"2014 AB Wildflowers Calendar front\" data-description=\"Alberta Wildflower 2014 Calendar front cover, 11&quot; x 17&quot;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2014 AB Wildflowers Calendar front\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2014 AB Wildflowers Calendar front\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"815\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Day, This Moment Related Images:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":4535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[776,6,24],"tags":[756,557,773,771,772,774],"class_list":["post-4481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carousel","category-flora","category-writing","tag-mela4peace","tag-fngp","tag-inspire","tag-melquote","tag-pi-flora","tag-wildflowers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This Day - M. E. Lacey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Creative writing and art projects by Marlene Lacey PI Flora of S AB\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This Day - M. E. Lacey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Creative writing and art projects by Marlene Lacey PI Flora of S AB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"M. E. Lacey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-16T07:37:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-04-21T07:04:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/inspire.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Marlene Lacey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@melacey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@melacey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Marlene Lacey\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/flora\\\/this-day\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/flora\\\/this-day\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Marlene Lacey\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/490e1a841b7a24a8298ed4bc2f4a5ca3\"},\"headline\":\"This Day\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-16T07:37:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-21T07:04:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/flora\\\/this-day\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":7,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/490e1a841b7a24a8298ed4bc2f4a5ca3\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/flora\\\/this-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/inspire.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"#melA4Peace\",\"FNGP\",\"inspire\",\"melquote\",\"PI-Flora\",\"wildflowers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"!main\",\"PI Flora of S AB\",\"Writing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/flora\\\/this-day\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/flora\\\/this-day\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/flora\\\/this-day\\\/\",\"name\":\"This Day - M. E. Lacey\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/flora\\\/this-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/flora\\\/this-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/inspire.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-16T07:37:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-21T07:04:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"Creative writing and art projects by Marlene Lacey PI Flora of S AB\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/flora\\\/this-day\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/flora\\\/this-day\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/flora\\\/this-day\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/inspire.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/inspire.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"images, sounds, words to inspire\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/flora\\\/this-day\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"This Day\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"M. E. Lacey\",\"description\":\"#a4peace  #MEDIAverse\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/490e1a841b7a24a8298ed4bc2f4a5ca3\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/490e1a841b7a24a8298ed4bc2f4a5ca3\",\"name\":\"Marlene Lacey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fb967bff2c271444ccc8c8c6a5305f1eb7ae61b6b30d86728e2a0570d07bc66b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fb967bff2c271444ccc8c8c6a5305f1eb7ae61b6b30d86728e2a0570d07bc66b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fb967bff2c271444ccc8c8c6a5305f1eb7ae61b6b30d86728e2a0570d07bc66b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Marlene Lacey\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fb967bff2c271444ccc8c8c6a5305f1eb7ae61b6b30d86728e2a0570d07bc66b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/marlenelacey.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melacey.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/marlene\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"This Day - M. E. Lacey","description":"Creative writing and art projects by Marlene Lacey PI Flora of S AB","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"This Day - M. E. Lacey","og_description":"Creative writing and art projects by Marlene Lacey PI Flora of S AB","og_url":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/","og_site_name":"M. E. Lacey","article_published_time":"2017-04-16T07:37:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-04-21T07:04:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/inspire.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Marlene Lacey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@melacey","twitter_site":"@melacey","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Marlene Lacey"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/"},"author":{"name":"Marlene Lacey","@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/490e1a841b7a24a8298ed4bc2f4a5ca3"},"headline":"This Day","datePublished":"2017-04-16T07:37:20+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-21T07:04:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/"},"wordCount":7,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/490e1a841b7a24a8298ed4bc2f4a5ca3"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/inspire.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","keywords":["#melA4Peace","FNGP","inspire","melquote","PI-Flora","wildflowers"],"articleSection":["!main","PI Flora of S AB","Writing"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/","url":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/","name":"This Day - M. E. Lacey","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/inspire.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","datePublished":"2017-04-16T07:37:20+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-21T07:04:12+00:00","description":"Creative writing and art projects by Marlene Lacey PI Flora of S AB","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/inspire.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/inspire.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","width":600,"height":400,"caption":"images, sounds, words to inspire"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/flora\/this-day\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"This Day"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/","name":"M. E. Lacey","description":"#a4peace  #MEDIAverse","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/490e1a841b7a24a8298ed4bc2f4a5ca3"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/490e1a841b7a24a8298ed4bc2f4a5ca3","name":"Marlene Lacey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb967bff2c271444ccc8c8c6a5305f1eb7ae61b6b30d86728e2a0570d07bc66b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb967bff2c271444ccc8c8c6a5305f1eb7ae61b6b30d86728e2a0570d07bc66b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb967bff2c271444ccc8c8c6a5305f1eb7ae61b6b30d86728e2a0570d07bc66b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Marlene Lacey"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb967bff2c271444ccc8c8c6a5305f1eb7ae61b6b30d86728e2a0570d07bc66b?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/marlenelacey.com"],"url":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/author\/marlene\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/inspire.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4481"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4536,"href":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481\/revisions\/4536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}