{"id":27751,"date":"2014-04-30T00:49:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T04:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=27751"},"modified":"2014-04-30T15:16:33","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T19:16:33","slug":"flowery-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/flowery-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowery Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27752\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/flowery-branch\/w_b-vong-com_pix_flowery_branch_01\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/w_b-vong.com_pix_flowery_branch_01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark 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