{"id":2313,"date":"2014-05-05T22:36:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T02:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2017-07-05T20:50:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T00:50:34","slug":"all-the-black-roses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/2014\/05\/05\/all-the-black-roses\/","title":{"rendered":"All the Black Roses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Octavian&#8217;s house, he had a campfire behind his flowers. At first glance, I was alarmed; it looks like the flowers are on fire!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2310\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RUU_4636-small.jpg\" alt=\"A campfire behind some flowers in Octavian's house.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RUU_4636-small.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RUU_4636-small-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RUU_4636-small-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>I went in to say hi to Moe today, and he actually looks cute when his eyes are closed. Maybe I just need to buy him some sunglasses&#8211;some <em>huge<\/em> sunglasses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2308\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RUU_4638-small.jpg\" alt=\"Moe: Are you here to hang out, shorty? Well, you've come to the right place, toasty!\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RUU_4638-small.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RUU_4638-small-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RUU_4638-small-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>And over by my museum, I found a new black rose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RUU_4637-small.jpg\" alt=\"A new black rose among red roses by my museum.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RUU_4637-small.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RUU_4637-small-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RUU_4637-small-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>If you&#8217;re wondering why that has any significance, I&#8217;ll tell you: It&#8217;s the last one I need! For years, I&#8217;ve been planning on doing a new town tour once I line all my paths with gold roses. And to make gold roses, you need black roses. (If you water wilted black roses with the golden watering can, they&#8217;ll turn into gold roses which never need to be watered). In fact, I even called that my ultimate long-term goal in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/2011\/04\/02\/introduction\/\">my very first blog entry<\/a>\u00a0back in 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of course I&#8217;m not quite ready to record the video just yet. I still need to convert a couple dozen black roses into gold roses. But I now have everything I need to do it. However, it will require a change in strategy: Rather than watering my black roses like I&#8217;ve been doing, I now have to carefully <em>not water<\/em> them&#8211;at least not until they&#8217;re wilted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every flower I water (out of the force of habit) could potentially delay the process. And the upcoming rainy season could hamper my progress as well. But I&#8217;m on the home stretch now, and my goal is finally within reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Octavian&#8217;s house, he had a campfire behind his flowers. At first glance, I was alarmed; it looks like the flowers are on fire! I went in to say hi to Moe today, and he actually looks cute when his eyes are closed. Maybe I just need to buy him some sunglasses&#8211;some huge sunglasses. 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