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Cherry blossoms (both the pure white and pink ones) are pretty much in full bloom right now in Georgia.\u00a0 Which bodes well for the festival down in Macon if you’re heading down there.\u00a0 If I recall it’s always been tough in recent years for the parade and festivities to perfectly line up with mother nature.\u00a0 The last set of trees are the pear trees that drop their petals with the hint of any breeze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cherry blossoms (both the pure white and pink ones) are pretty much in full bloom right now in Georgia.\u00a0 Which bodes well for the festival down in Macon if you’re heading down there.\u00a0 If I recall it’s always been tough in recent years for the parade and festivities to perfectly line up with mother nature.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78498,"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":[7],"tags":[123,173,37,170,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-78492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-photos","8":"tag-bokeh","9":"tag-color","10":"tag-nikon","11":"tag-portraits","12":"tag-spring","14":"post-with-thumbnail","15":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Spring-in-Georgia-March-04-024_b-vong.com_Boon-Vong.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelE0-kq0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101559,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/nikon-200mm-f-2g-vr-spring-blossoms-and-portraits\/","url_meta":{"origin":78492,"position":0},"title":"Nikon 200mm f\/2G VR – Spring Blossoms and Portraits","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"April 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"What an outrageous combo the D700 and 200mm f\/2 is! 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