{"id":189,"date":"2007-04-25T20:47:48","date_gmt":"2007-04-25T20:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=189"},"modified":"2010-07-22T03:04:38","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T03:04:38","slug":"rose-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/rose-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1325\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1325\" title=\"Rose Line Drawing\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/rose_line.jpg?resize=250%2C278\" alt=\"rose line drawing\" width=\"250\" height=\"278\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rose Line Drawing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This rainy day has put my butterfly project on hold for a while, so I&#8217;m back to drawing roses. 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