{"id":558,"date":"2006-09-06T12:48:07","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T12:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.175.102.14\/?p=558"},"modified":"2011-11-29T12:48:47","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T12:48:47","slug":"make-the-best-of-what-youve-got","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=558","title":{"rendered":"Make the best of what you&#8217;ve got"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/downtown_backyard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>Somewhere downtown, far from a patch of grass in any direction, sits this little alley oasis. Nestled between two old buildings, this area provides someone with a nice cozy place to relax. There&#8217;s a nice mountainous water scene painted on the backdrop, a comfy bench&#8230;not bad for a makeshift backyard!<\/p>\n<p>We tend to think that everyone in our state has a big patch of lawn or a deck at their disposal; that simply isn&#8217;t true. For those who live in downtown apartments in Bismarck or other towns, having a place to sit outside and relax may require a trip to a nearby park. In this case, someone&#8217;s creativity has resulted in a place to at least sit outside and get some air&#8230;even if it&#8217;s surrounded by brick on most sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somewhere downtown, far from a patch of grass in any direction, sits this little alley oasis. Nestled between two old buildings, this area provides someone with a nice cozy place to relax. There&#8217;s a nice mountainous water scene painted on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=558\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-bismarck-mandan","category-cool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}