{"id":32366,"date":"2018-04-16T11:55:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T15:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=32366"},"modified":"2018-04-16T18:18:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T22:18:49","slug":"springtime-on-arabia-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/springtime-on-arabia-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Springtime on Arabia Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lovely day for a walk and picnic on Arabia Mountain.  This time of year the diamorpha smallii are in bloom.  These tough and fleshy plants with the red leaves grow in the shallow sandy soil.  In order to sound smart, I copied that from the information sign that you pass on the way up the trail. \ud83d\ude09  Here’s some more:<\/p>\n

….They’ve adapted to intense heat and long periods of drought. Diamorpha’s white flowers bloom in the spring. Then, in the heat of summer, their seeds are held up by dried stems so they won’t burn up on the rock. During this time of year, some solution pits just look like sand. But watch your step, the Diamorpha is there waiting to grow. When rain comes in the fall, the seeds drop to the ground and germinate…the life cycle continues.<\/em><\/p>\n

And yes, we definitely avoided sitting on them!  Canon + Nikon today! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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\"\"And what’s in the picnic basket?  Banh Mi Vietnamese subs!!<\/p>\n

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Chicken Banh Mi: \u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2606<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"me\"Hi! My name is Boon. I’m an Atlanta based Artist. <\/strong>I draw, I take pictures!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been covering events and documenting the multi ethnic Asian Pacific Islander community here in Georgia since 2004! Feel free to share with the links below. Thanks to all for posing for photos!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

All Artwork and Photos \u00a9 Boon Vong. For image usage feel free to Contact Me.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lovely day for a walk and picnic on Arabia Mountain.  This time of year the diamorpha smallii are in bloom.  These tough and fleshy plants with the red leaves grow in the shallow sandy soil.  In order to sound smart, I copied that from the information sign that you pass on the way up the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[151,7],"tags":[123,295,173,37],"class_list":{"0":"post-32366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-photography","8":"category-photos","9":"tag-bokeh","10":"tag-canon","11":"tag-color","12":"tag-nikon","14":"post-with-thumbnail","15":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/b-vong_arabia_mt_04_spring.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelE0-8q2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55534,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/tucker-cruise-in-pho-arabia-mountain-at-sunset-2022-08-13\/","url_meta":{"origin":32366,"position":0},"title":"Tucker Cruise In + Pho + Arabia Mountain at Sunset – 2022-08-13","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"August 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"There was a lot going on in Metro Atlanta as usual, but here's what we ended up doing: the monthly car show in Tucker, Pho Restaurant for lunch, and Arabia Mountain in the evening.\u00a0 It was a fun full day for sure. 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