{"id":1381,"date":"2018-12-03T13:53:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T13:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2019-07-21T13:56:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T13:56:24","slug":"beyond-the-petals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/03\/beyond-the-petals\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the petals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After I had taken these shots on Saturday, it struck me how\nmany of us look merely at surface beauty even when we are taking the time to\nadmire our surroundings. Flowers and plants are often taken at face value when\nwe just take a quick glance at the colors and contrasts and shapes that they\npresent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, though, when you look beyond the petals and take\nthe time to explore what may be lying beneath the surface, new worlds open to\nour senses and we are enriched with visions that often go unnoticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a couple of moments that I hope might make you look\nat things a little differently today and I hope they add a bit of natural\nelegance into your week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p4978-1024x683.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p4978-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1391\" data-link=\"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1391\" class=\"wp-image-1391\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p4978-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p4978-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p4978-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p4978-1200x800.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p4978.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p5005-1024x683.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p5005-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1401\" data-link=\"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1401\" class=\"wp-image-1401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p5005-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p5005-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p5005-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p5005-1200x800.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p5005.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After I had taken these shots on Saturday, it struck me how many of us look merely at surface beauty even when we are taking the time to admire our surroundings. Flowers and plants are often taken at face value when we just take a quick glance at the colors and contrasts and shapes that &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/03\/beyond-the-petals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Beyond the petals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1411,"href":"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevilleronan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}