{"id":4734,"date":"2025-06-10T22:58:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/?p=4734"},"modified":"2025-10-22T19:26:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:26:02","slug":"objects-in-the-rear-view-mirror-may-appear-prettier-than-they-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/10\/objects-in-the-rear-view-mirror-may-appear-prettier-than-they-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Objects in the rear view mirror may appear prettier than they are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I see this tree in my rear view mirror every time I drive back from the supermarket. I&#8217;ve seen it countless times since the beginning of spring when it was pollarded and when its bare branches started to grow leaves, gradually becoming more beautiful. Then, its allure peaked and it began to turn into just another tree. So, tonight I took a photo of it before it turns ordinary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" data-attachment-id=\"4735\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/10\/objects-in-the-rear-view-mirror-may-appear-prettier-than-they-are\/2025-06-10a-006\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-10A-006.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Eddy Young&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;D850&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright (C) 2025&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;48&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2025-06-10A-006\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-10A-006-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-10A-006-1024x768.jpg\" data-id=\"4735\" src=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-10A-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-10A-006.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-10A-006-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-10A-006-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-10A-006-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-10A-006-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It still looks much prettier in the rear view mirror.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I see this tree in my rear view mirror every time I drive back from the supermarket. I&#8217;ve seen it countless times since the beginning of spring when it was pollarded and when its bare branches started to grow leaves, gradually becoming more beautiful. Then, its allure peaked and it began to turn into just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1j9q5-1em","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4714,"url":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/12\/just-another-tree\/","url_meta":{"origin":4734,"position":0},"title":"Just another tree","author":"Eddy Young","date":"12 May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"P and I hiked about 30 km on Saturday and Sunday. 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