{"id":6820,"date":"2021-02-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=6820"},"modified":"2022-11-06T20:33:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T01:33:57","slug":"christmas-came-early-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=6820","title":{"rendered":"Christmas came early this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulbs_68448-50.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulbs_68448-50.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulbs_68448-50-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulbs_68448-50-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll continue my series of frost photos by rejoicing in the fact that I haven&#8217;t taken down my Christmas lights.  They attracted a ton of frost (yes, I know it&#8217;s Rime Ice) last weekend and gave it some color to work with!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frost_bulb_68457-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frost_bulb_68457-9.jpg 335w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frost_bulb_68457-9-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frost_bulb_68457-9-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Orange you glad I was able to shoot photos like this one?  Oh, I feel like I&#8217;m just getting warmed up with the puns.   We got absolutely blasted out by my place.  My wife said that it wasn&#8217;t as dramatic in town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulb_68451-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulb_68451-3.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulb_68451-3-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulb_68451-3-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been green with envy in the past when others have had frost photos while I had none.  I haven&#8217;t take photos like this in many years.  The conditions need to be just right, and I need to be available to get out there with my camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulb_68445-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulb_68445-7.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulb_68445-7-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulb_68445-7-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was actually pretty tough to get some shots of these bulbs without my gutters and stuff in the background.  I wanted a nice, clean background for my frost photos, so I actually picked a corner with some good ones and dug out a ladder so I could contort myself and get these angles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulbs_68469-71.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulbs_68469-71.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulbs_68469-71-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/frosty_bulbs_68469-71-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Moment of confession:  I didn&#8217;t take my Christmas lights down after 2019&#8217;s holiday season wrapped up.  And they&#8217;re all going strong, even after baking in the sun all summer long.  Thankfully they hung in there (one last pun) and provided a wonderful batch of photos!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll continue my series of frost photos by rejoicing in the fact that I haven&#8217;t taken down my Christmas lights. 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