{"id":1502,"date":"2008-04-01T22:23:07","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T03:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.175.102.14\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2012-07-02T22:23:37","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T03:23:37","slug":"fallen-farm-xvi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=1502","title":{"rendered":"Fallen Farm XVI"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/center>I’m so drawn to buildings like this…not because I’m a National Geographic reporter trying to push an agenda of a dying prairie, but because I find them charming. Someone constructed this farmstead, lived here, and worked here. That’s what I find so alluring. I like to wonder what it looked like when it was new, when there was a family here, and what circumstances caused its inhabitants to move on. It’s really more about the people, now that I consider it.<\/p>\n

This is the first stone barn I can remember featuring. It caught my eye from the road and was not on posted land, so I was able to hike in. This is as close as I came to the buildings; I don’t actually try to enter any of the buildings I photograph. First is out of respect for the owners, second is a matter of safety. To capture their spot on the beautiful North Dakota prairie is fulfilling enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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