{"id":4507,"date":"2015-03-16T22:22:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T03:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2015-03-16T22:22:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T03:22:41","slug":"back-for-some-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4507","title":{"rendered":"Back for some color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32257.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32257.jpg\" alt=\"berries_32257\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32257.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32257-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32257-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a>This is kind of a bleak time of year for photo enthusiasts.\u00a0 What little foliage exists from last year is brown.\u00a0 The nice, white blanket of snow is gone, and the ground beneath it: brown.\u00a0 Even the water of the Heart River, where I&#8217;ve been poking around lately: brown.\u00a0 Sigh.\u00a0 So I went back a couple of months to find these photos from the capitol area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32261.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32261.jpg\" alt=\"berries_32261\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32261.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32261-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32261-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s nice to see such brilliant color disrupt the drab colors of a gloomy North Dakota winter day.\u00a0 It&#8217;s going to be a while before we&#8217;re treated to lush green again, although I did see plenty of green blades of grass when walking along the dike in Mandan last week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32264.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32264.jpg\" alt=\"berries_32264\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32264.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32264-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/03\/berries_32264-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a>Spring she comes, spring she teases&#8230;but oh, how winter freezes.\u00a0 We&#8217;re in for a cold snap again after being treated to sunny 70s.\u00a0 Bummer.\u00a0 Hopefully we can have a glorious Spring soon&#8230;this past winter seemed far too long!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is kind of a bleak time of year for photo enthusiasts.\u00a0 What little foliage exists from last year is brown.\u00a0 The nice, white blanket of snow is gone, and the ground beneath it: brown.\u00a0 Even the water of the &hellip; 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