{"id":34195,"date":"2026-08-29T22:30:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T22:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=34195"},"modified":"2026-09-09T22:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T22:32:48","slug":"arrias-shades-of-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/arrias-shades-of-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrias: Shades of Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI was driving back from Dam Neck\u2014took the back road\u2014and passed field after field of corn and bean and alfalfa, a few small patches of cotton and at least one of peanuts\u2014so lush and green\u2026 amazing\u2026 and still inside Virginia Beach and Chesapeake\u2014the two most populous cities in Virginia\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Arrias.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Arrias.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Arrias-209x281.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>Shades of Green<\/strong><br \/>\nI am indeed a wealthy man,<br \/>\nI\u2019m surrounded by a sea of green.<br \/>\nIf there is wealth in beauty,<br \/>\nI\u2019m the richest man you\u2019ve ever seen.<br \/>\nHundreds of acres of thriving corn,<br \/>\nHundreds more of lush soybean,<br \/>\nBeauty in the farmers\u2019 labors,<br \/>\nAll waiting for the harvesting machine.<br \/>\nA field of peanuts, another of cotton,<br \/>\nHere\u2019s a farmer baling hay.<br \/>\nNothing like the smell of fresh-cut alfalfa<br \/>\nTo sweeten a warm August day.<br \/>\nThese few fields lie fallow,<br \/>\nWeeds and grass await the tilling machine.<br \/>\nEvery day I pass by in awe,<br \/>\nSurrounded by fields of green.<br \/>\nEach field a product of labors of love,<br \/>\nAnd a blessing from a God unseen.<br \/>\nFields blessed beyond understanding,<br \/>\nEach a gorgeous shade of green.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Arrias<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI was driving back from Dam Neck\u2014took the back road\u2014and passed field after field of corn and bean and alfalfa, a few small patches of cotton and at least one of peanuts\u2014so lush and green\u2026 amazing\u2026 and still inside Virginia Beach and Chesapeake\u2014the two most populous cities in Virginia\u2026\u201d Shades of Green I am indeed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arrian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34195"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34197,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34195\/revisions\/34197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}