{"id":1802,"date":"2014-04-14T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2014-04-14T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T10:10:00","slug":"what-do-you-see-in-these-tree-burls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1802","title":{"rendered":"What Do You See in These Tree Burls?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tree <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burl\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Burl\">burls<\/a> can be like nature&#39;s <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rorschach_test\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Rorschach test\">Rorschach Test<\/a>. 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