{"id":78514,"date":"2024-03-15T10:29:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=78514"},"modified":"2024-03-15T10:33:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:33:24","slug":"peppermint-flowering-peach-might-be-my-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/peppermint-flowering-peach-might-be-my-favorite\/","title":{"rendered":"Peppermint Flowering Peach Tree Might be my Favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The peppermint flowering peach tree might be the most visually striking in my opinion.\u00a0 It’s crazy to see the blossoms coming right out of a sapling not even two feet high.\u00a0 The color palette matches my good old foldable bike too.\u00a0 We’ll see if the film photos I also shot on my Olympus Stylus turn out decent.\u00a0 I can’t even remember what’s on that current roll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The peppermint flowering peach tree might be the most visually striking in my opinion.\u00a0 It’s crazy to see the blossoms coming right out of a sapling not even two feet high.\u00a0 The color palette matches my good old foldable bike too.\u00a0 We’ll see if the film photos I also shot on my Olympus Stylus turn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78506,"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":[123,295,173,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-78514","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-canon","10":"tag-color","11":"tag-spring","13":"post-with-thumbnail","14":"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-04-032_b-vong.com_Boon-Vong.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelE0-kqm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78054,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/whats-blooming-in-georgia-2024-03-04\/","url_meta":{"origin":78514,"position":0},"title":"What’s Blooming in Georgia? – 2024-03-04","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"March 5, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's what's blooming in early springtime in Georgia (Gwinnett!) right now.\u00a0 What's typical weather wise is just yesterday it got really hot when I was admiring the flowering peach trees (the almond tree was well past peak).\u00a0 Now the cold rain today and tomorrow will probably knock down many blossoms.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Photos"","block_context":{"text":"Photos","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/photos\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Spring-in-Georgia-Sony-2024-03-04-001_b-vong.com_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Spring-in-Georgia-Sony-2024-03-04-001_b-vong.com_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Spring-in-Georgia-Sony-2024-03-04-001_b-vong.com_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Spring-in-Georgia-Sony-2024-03-04-001_b-vong.com_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":101559,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/nikon-200mm-f-2g-vr-spring-blossoms-and-portraits\/","url_meta":{"origin":78514,"position":1},"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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