{"id":9,"date":"2015-09-25T00:13:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T03:13:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-01-15T03:23:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T07:23:19","slug":"spray-paint-on-white-pine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.halifaxtrails.ca\/blog\/spray-paint-on-white-pine\/","title":{"rendered":"Spray Paint On White Pine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({\n    google_ad_client: \"ca-pub-0197062593890334\",\n    enable_page_level_ads: true\n  });\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Spray Paint On White Pine&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Today I had a fantastic hike around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifaxtrails.ca\/susies-lake-hiking-trail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Susie&#8217;s Lake<\/i><\/a>. \u00a0Happily lost most of the time. \u00a0Towards the end of the hike I came to a spot I was familiar with, near the <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/102529665335971568159\/posts\/epYp6sLKp5E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>look-off<\/i><\/a> and the prettiest part of the area. \u00a0I was appalled to see some terrible spray paint on one of my favourite trees. \u00a0As I shook my head in disgust, I noticed a plaque on the tree. \u00a0I read it, and my disgust very quickly changed to heavy laughter. Easily the funniest thing I have ever seen in the woods (Click photo to expand):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.halifaxtrails.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/TreeArt-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-103\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.halifaxtrails.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/TreeArt-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"TreeArt\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.halifaxtrails.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/TreeArt-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.halifaxtrails.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/TreeArt-1-978x550.jpg 978w, https:\/\/www.halifaxtrails.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/TreeArt-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.halifaxtrails.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/TreeArt-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.halifaxtrails.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/TreeArt-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.halifaxtrails.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/TreeArt-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; 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