{"id":9155,"date":"2026-01-29T16:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltacultura.org\/?p=9155"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:05:17","slug":"ruan-and-his-love-for-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltacultura.org\/en\/ruan-and-his-love-for-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruan and His Love for Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9155\" class=\"elementor elementor-9155\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1edae94f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1edae94f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31b1b663\" data-id=\"31b1b663\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-798f94a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"798f94a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>(told by Jassica \u2013 kindergarten educator)<\/p><p>A tree had grown in front of my house. 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