{"id":9107,"date":"2012-05-15T07:20:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T12:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=9107"},"modified":"2012-05-15T07:20:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T12:20:06","slug":"sweets-and-flies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/sweets-and-flies\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweets and Flies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Blow Fly on Stapelia schinzii var. angolensis flower\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/97303475@N00\/2063304298\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Blow Fly on Stapelia schinzii var. angolensis flower\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2376\/2063304298_af1311f5fb.jpg\" alt=\"Blow Fly on Stapelia schinzii var. angolensis flower\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small><a title=\"Attribution License\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0;\" title=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/compfight\/images\/cc.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Photo Credit: <a title=\"Martin Heigan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/97303475@N00\/2063304298\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Heigan<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.compfight.com\/\">Compfight<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>My dad used to tell me that old familiar adage, &#8220;You can get more flies with honey than vinegar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I always thought, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t it bees that want the honey?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Today I did that dreaded thing of repeating the same advice to my daughter who&#8217;s been percolating on some sass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But, it&#8217;s made me consider my own tactics<\/strong>, even with her.<\/p>\n<p>Am I too often barking for change?<\/p>\n<p>Am I apprehending my &#8220;methods&#8221; for getting what I want or need before I employ them?<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about you? How&#8217;s your honey?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8230; it&#8217;s made me consider my own tactics&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5626],"tags":[4233,5708,5707,74,5709],"class_list":["post-9107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spark-my-muse","tag-advice","tag-flies","tag-honey","tag-spiritual-growth","tag-vinegar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9109,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9107\/revisions\/9109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}