{"id":309,"date":"2013-04-30T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2013\/04\/azaleas-and-butterflies.html"},"modified":"2025-12-19T15:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:25:19","slug":"azaleas-and-butterflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2013\/04\/azaleas-and-butterflies.html","title":{"rendered":"Azaleas and Butterflies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/butterfly-on-pink-azalea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Azaleas and Butterflies by Jeanne Grunert\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/butterfly-on-pink-azalea-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"azalea and butterfly picture\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/butterfly-on-white-azalea_watermarked.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"White Azaleas and Butterfly by Jeanne Grunert\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/butterfly-on-white-azalea_watermarked-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"azalea\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/red-azalea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red Azalea by Jeanne Grunert\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/red-azalea-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"red azalea pictures\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Just. 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