{"id":6782,"date":"2014-12-25T07:31:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T12:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=6782"},"modified":"2015-12-06T23:54:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T04:54:11","slug":"merry-monarch-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2014\/12\/merry-monarch-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Monarch Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MERRY CHRISTMAS!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here&#8217;s our charitable organization to which we contribute each year, <a title=\"The Blue Monarch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bluemonarch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Blue Monarch<\/a> in Tennessee. They do incredible work of breaking the cycle of family or drug abuse in providing rehabilitation and\u00a0 giving the children of affected mothers a chance at a new beginning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As you can see from this postcard &#8212; Art Is Everywhere and the children are flourishing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6783\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/monarch1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/monarch1.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Monarch 1 on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"500\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/monarch1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/monarch1-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Monarch children create a mural<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/monarch2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/monarch2.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Monarch 2 on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"500\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/monarch2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/monarch2-300x135.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Plus, they put the mothers to work making the most <a title=\"The Blue Chair\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebluechair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">scrumptious granola<\/a>, which becomes our Christmas presents to family each year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They exemplify the true spirit of Christmas all year round.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/monarch3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6785 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/monarch3.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Monarch 3 on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"433\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/monarch3.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/monarch3-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a>We also like that they connect us to <a title=\"Previous posts on Sewanee, TN\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?s=sewanee&amp;submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\">our Sewanee roots<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blue Monarch, our charitable organization to which we give each year, celebrates the spirit of Christmas all year long, as featured on Art is 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