{"id":3474,"date":"2011-03-26T06:33:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T06:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2011\/03\/26\/mat-by-blindscapes-on-my-way-to-drop-my-son-to\/"},"modified":"2017-07-10T03:01:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T03:01:19","slug":"mat-by-blindscapes-on-my-way-to-drop-my-son-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/26\/mat-by-blindscapes-on-my-way-to-drop-my-son-to\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>mat (by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blindscapes\/5553894465\/\">blindscapes<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>on my way to drop my son to his friend&rsquo;s house i stopped for 5 seconds to photograph this. and my son (9 years) who was right next to me behind my camera asked:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;dad, why did you stop for that?&rdquo;, and I replied:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;the mat on the pavement just looked funny&rdquo;, and he said:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;the only thing that&rsquo;s funny here is you stopping to take this photograph&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>I think he&rsquo;s right. there&rsquo;s nothing funny about a door mat on a narrow street where the houses are overflowing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>mat (by blindscapes) on my way to drop my son to his friend&rsquo;s house i stopped for 5 seconds to photograph this. and my son (9 years) who was right next to me behind my camera asked: &ldquo;dad, why did you stop for that?&rdquo;, and I replied:\u00a0 &ldquo;the mat on the pavement just looked funny&rdquo;, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-U2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5894,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2014\/09\/30\/2709-ahamumenge-kidney-ah-takaa-annaaru-funny\/","url_meta":{"origin":3474,"position":0},"title":"2709 ahamumenge kidney ah takaa\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"September 30, 2014","format":"gallery","excerpt":"2709 ahamumenge kidney ah takaa annaaru funny","rel":"","context":"In &quot;motion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_ncptciwbRV1u0420yo1_1280.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1638,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/07\/09\/fairhy-dead-sea-israel-photograph-by-george\/","url_meta":{"origin":3474,"position":1},"title":"fairhy: Dead Sea, Israel Photograph\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"July 9, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"fairhy: Dead Sea, Israel Photograph by George Steinmetz, National GeographicSwimmers float effortlessly in the salt-laden waters of the Dead Sea near Ein Bokek, Israel. 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