{"id":7213,"date":"2015-05-31T03:12:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T16:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=7213"},"modified":"2015-05-31T03:12:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T16:12:48","slug":"on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=7213","title":{"rendered":"On the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, for the first time in a long time, my son and I met for morning tea in a caf\u00e9, and on our way back to the car I caught sight of some writing engraved into the concrete as we stepped up on a kerb. I stooped to take a photo, and at that moment a bus turned the corner.\u00a0 My son thought I was crazy, crouching down on the road, focused on photographing a bit of concrete graffiti while a passing bus was leaning into the corner.\u00a0 But he was missing the magic of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what captured my attention:\u00a0 a grey concrete kerb, utilitarian and ugly, made &#8216;beautiful&#8217; with a few words and autumn leaves collected in the hollow of the gutter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7258\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/you-are-beautiful-2.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"You are beautiful 2\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/you-are-beautiful-2.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/you-are-beautiful-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/you-are-beautiful-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/you-are-beautiful-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/you-are-beautiful-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks WordPress for the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.wordpress.com\/dp_photo_challenge\/on-the-way\/\" target=\"_blank\">challenge<\/a> to photograph something on the way to somewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, for the first time in a long time, my son and I met for morning tea in a caf\u00e9, and on our way back to the car I caught sight of some writing engraved into the concrete as we stepped up on a kerb. 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