{"id":3706,"date":"2026-08-07T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=3706"},"modified":"2026-07-11T11:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:32:21","slug":"august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=3706","title":{"rendered":"August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:37% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/long_mandy_AllNew_s-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3724 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/long_mandy_AllNew_s-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/long_mandy_AllNew_s-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/long_mandy_AllNew_s-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/long_mandy_AllNew_s-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/long_mandy_AllNew_s.jpg 1186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though winter nights are far away<br>They cannot e\u2019er be kept at bay.<br>The declination of the sun<br>Tends toward its end to run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The summer days, the heat, the light<br>Are those in which we do delight.<br>When darkness falls upon the earth,<br>Yet still we find in it some mirth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Augustly we prepare for it<br>The seventh being brightly lit<br>With joy and light, coffee and cake<br>We\u2019d gladly join in with the wake*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May this day to you be<br>A day of warmth and joy;<br>And may the mercy of the Lord<br>Be your full and great reward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*In its broadest sense!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image: All things new &#8211; Mandy Long \u00a9 2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though winter nights are far awayThey cannot e\u2019er be kept at bay.The declination of the sunTends toward its end to run. The summer days, the heat, the lightAre those in which we do delight.When darkness falls upon the earth,Yet still we find in it some mirth. Augustly we prepare for itThe seventh being brightly litWith [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3726,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3706\/revisions\/3726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}