{"id":4160,"date":"2020-02-03T05:57:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T05:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/?p=4160"},"modified":"2020-02-03T05:57:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T05:57:37","slug":"taut-trim-and-terrific-and-beach-body-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/taut-trim-and-terrific-and-beach-body-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Taut, trim, and terrific – and beach body ready"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our schnoodles have had their summer trim. Ruby, our most human-like and neurotic dog, was terrified when the dog groomer appeared at the front door. She ran into my daughter\u2019s \u00a0bedroom and hid under the covers, making the whole bed shake with her pitiful shivering. Here she is, having finally been rooted out, resigned to her terrible fate.<\/p>\n

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Mercy, I beg of you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An hour later, she was back, excited and running around like a little puppy. It\u2019s been a few days now, but she\u2019s absolutely ready for the long hot summer promised by all those beautifully flowering pohutakawa trees around Xmas. It should be starting any day now…<\/p>\n

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Is it hot yet?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our schnoodles have had their summer trim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Ukf-156","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5067,"url":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/pushy\/","url_meta":{"origin":4160,"position":0},"title":"Pushy","author":"Interloper11","date":"July 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Had an argument with my french teacher today about whether doors in France have the instruction \u201cpull\u201d on them (in French). 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