{"id":152,"date":"2005-11-21T21:15:05","date_gmt":"2005-11-22T01:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=152"},"modified":"2005-11-22T15:28:20","modified_gmt":"2005-11-22T19:28:20","slug":"just-in-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2005\/11\/21\/just-in-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/chronicle\/photos\/watermelon2.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/chronicle\/photos\/watermelon2_thumb.jpg\" align=right vspace=5 hspace=12 alt=\"image\"\/><\/a>Just before the first frost hit I made the decision to cut our backyard watermelon free.  I really decided to do it because Matt, Lauren, Andrew and Daisy came over to hang out.  It could have used another two weeks but if I had left it there it would have killed the melon and any chances of the vine producing anything in the future.  It was actually real good and none of the kids had ever had a watermelon straight off the vine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/chronicle\/photos\/watermelon3.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/chronicle\/photos\/watermelon3_thumb.jpg\" align=left vspace=5 hspace=12 alt=\"image\"\/><\/a>Lauren took pictures as I cut it while Connor stood to close to my knife for comfort.  Andrew and Connor ate most of it and we gave half of it to Matt and Lauren to take home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just before the first frost hit I made the decision to cut our backyard watermelon free. I really decided to do it because Matt, Lauren, Andrew and Daisy came over to hang out. 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