{"id":55502,"title":"Royden Park \u2014 First Shoots","description":"Hello, explorer. &nbsp;Bran the Robin here. &nbsp;Come a little closer","content":"<p><strong>A Little Explorers Journal entry with Bran the Robin<\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><p>Hello, explorer. Bran the Robin here.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Come a little closer. I want to show you something that most people walk past without noticing.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Look down at the soil.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/n9wu8dfpwvvvtcohb8z1tl0nmsxbkuprvzr6m2uxyec9xxov.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;project=wirral-wear-230302&amp;v=2\" alt=\"n9wu8dfpwvvvtcohb8z1tl0nmsxbkuprvzr6m2uxyec9xxov.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;project=wirral-wear-230302&amp;v=2\" \/><\/p><p>Do you see those tiny green points pushing through the earth?<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Just a few days ago the ground here looked quiet and brown, still resting from winter. But beneath the leaves and soil, something has been slowly waking.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>These little shoots have been waiting for the warmth of spring.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>They don\u2019t rush. They simply push upward, a little more each day.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>If you kneel beside them, you might see how small they really are. Smaller than your finger. Smaller than a leaf.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>But every tall plant, every flower, every forest begins this way \u2014 with something very small rising from the ground.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The woods may still look sleepy.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The trees are only just starting to bud.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>But spring has already begun here.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>And today, you noticed the very first sign.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI Emoji', sans-serif;\">\ud83e\udeb6<\/span> Explorer Notes<\/strong><\/p><p>\u2022 Can you find the smallest green shoot you can see?<\/p><p>\u2022 How many tiny plants are growing in the soil nearby?<\/p><p>\u2022 What do you think this one might become?<\/p>","urlTitle":"royden-park-first-shoots","url":"\/blog\/royden-park-first-shoots\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/royden-park-first-shoots\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/wirralwear.com\/blog\/royden-park-first-shoots\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1773957627,"updatedAt":1773959260,"publishedAt":1773959259,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":228867,"name":"Wirral Wear"},"tags":[{"id":4287,"code":"little-explorers-journal","name":"LittleExplorersJournal","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/little-explorers-journal\/"}],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/zyp6rr91ehtd0sik44qmxfgsa6enxdswcbplubyxljrvnrly.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/zyp6rr91ehtd0sik44qmxfgsa6enxdswcbplubyxljrvnrly.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/zyp6rr91ehtd0sik44qmxfgsa6enxdswcbplubyxljrvnrly.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":52606,"title":"A\u202fSeason\u202fof\u202fSmall\u202fAdventures \u2013 Autumn\u202fon\u202fthe\u202fWirral","url":"\/blog\/a-season-of-small-adventures-autumn-on-the-wirral\/","urlTitle":"a-season-of-small-adventures-autumn-on-the-wirral","division":228867,"description":"From the Greengatherer\u2019s Journal \u2014 pages for the Little Explorers&nbsp;Autumn arrives quietly on the Wirral \u2014 a soft shift in the light, a rustle underfoot, a chill that invites woolly hats and warm flasks.  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