{"id":1749,"date":"2020-04-24T18:55:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T22:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maryahernartist.com\/garden-blog\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2023-05-13T22:47:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T02:47:31","slug":"garden-tours-offer-distraction-from-virus-the-observer-david-ambro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryahernartist.com\/garden-blog\/garden-tours-offer-distraction-from-virus-the-observer-david-ambro\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Tours Offer Distraction From Virus &#8211; The Observer by David Ambro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was delighted to open my local paper, The Observer, and right there on Page 3 upper right was a big and generous article about my Virtual Garden Tour Video. David Ambro the Publisher, outdid himself by putting into words the far-flung conversation we had of how people are coping with the Covid-19 pandemic. As an artist and a gardener, it was a natural for me to share my garden online since the many garden tours I&#8217;ve hosted over the years were not going to happen anytime soon. My garden provides the inspiration for my art but it also gives me emotional solace. This is what I love to share with my visitors.<\/p>\n<p>I thank David so much for sharing my thoughts and my garden with a wider audience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/maryahernartist\">To see my YouTube Channel with my videos you can click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now here&#8217;s the article David Ambro wrote.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maryahernartist.com\/garden-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-02-Ahern-Garden-tour-Observer-article-10x13x300.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/maryahernartist.com\/garden-blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/garden-blog\/2020-04-02-OBSERVER-article-1080x72.jpg\" alt=\"The Observer Article: Garden Tours Offer Distraction From Virus by David Ambro for The Observer.\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1461\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/maryahernartist.com\/garden-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-02-Ahern-Garden-tour-Observer-article-10x13x300.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click on this link if you would like to download a pdf of this article.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was delighted to open my local paper, The Observer, and right there on Page 3 upper right was a big and generous article about my Virtual Garden Tour Video. 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