{"id":2045,"date":"2010-02-20T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T06:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/development.gifrichard.com\/delinlee\/museum-break-in-the-botanical-gardens\/"},"modified":"2010-02-20T06:22:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T06:22:00","slug":"museum-break-in-the-botanical-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.delinleedelovely.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/museum-break-in-the-botanical-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"museum break in the botanical gardens&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i experienced some sort of epiphany-with-a-twist in between my museum-viewing afternoon yesterday. whenever traveling i always like to check out a city&#8217;s botanical gardens to really understand the spirit of a place, you know, flora and fauna background etc. after a few minutes in the sunshine i noticed a black cat appear out of nowhere. so i start photographing it and then, after several minutes, i then put my camera away and observe two cats suddenly appear from another direction, posing beside a sign indicating a particular botanical breed from &#8211; wait for it &#8211; australia! interpreting it as some sort of omen, i  savor the moment and then head towards the exit. as i&#8217;m leaving i tell this older gentleman who is pruning the trees that i just saw the black cats. he looks at me like i am nuts and responds &#8220;there are no cats here.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-BKqfSX9I\/AAAAAAAAGcU\/laCCUfVObG4\/s1600-h\/IMG_1809.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-BKqfSX9I\/AAAAAAAAGcU\/laCCUfVObG4\/s400\/IMG_1809.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-B0PAJgXI\/AAAAAAAAGdE\/nM-OOMecqss\/s1600-h\/IMG_1813.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-B0PAJgXI\/AAAAAAAAGdE\/nM-OOMecqss\/s400\/IMG_1813.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-Bzd2CiqI\/AAAAAAAAGc0\/UDwo9aCHCao\/s1600-h\/IMG_1827.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-Bzd2CiqI\/AAAAAAAAGc0\/UDwo9aCHCao\/s400\/IMG_1827.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-BKScVq8I\/AAAAAAAAGcM\/NErS06dFq7s\/s1600-h\/IMG_1826.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-BKScVq8I\/AAAAAAAAGcM\/NErS06dFq7s\/s400\/IMG_1826.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-Bzg5nXnI\/AAAAAAAAGc8\/NNC52GlQMi8\/s1600-h\/IMG_1819.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-Bzg5nXnI\/AAAAAAAAGc8\/NNC52GlQMi8\/s400\/IMG_1819.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-BK0JsUcI\/AAAAAAAAGcc\/afhFjq7RRjE\/s1600-h\/IMG_1850.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-BK0JsUcI\/AAAAAAAAGcc\/afhFjq7RRjE\/s400\/IMG_1850.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-BLMesUFI\/AAAAAAAAGck\/TyvSDZHIO_w\/s1600-h\/IMG_1865.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-BLMesUFI\/AAAAAAAAGck\/TyvSDZHIO_w\/s400\/IMG_1865.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-BLkqMMMI\/AAAAAAAAGcs\/TQ5JVBw1858\/s1600-h\/IMG_1858.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ypS3mHulk1w\/S3-BLkqMMMI\/AAAAAAAAGcs\/TQ5JVBw1858\/s400\/IMG_1858.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i experienced some sort of epiphany-with-a-twist in between my museum-viewing afternoon yesterday. whenever traveling i always like to check out a city&#8217;s botanical gardens to really understand the spirit of a place, you know, flora and fauna background etc. after a few minutes in the sunshine i noticed a black cat appear out of nowhere. 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