{"id":7075,"date":"2022-01-01T02:37:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T07:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=7075"},"modified":"2022-01-01T02:37:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T07:37:19","slug":"i-sure-hope-its-2022-not-2020-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=7075","title":{"rendered":"I sure hope it&#8217;s 2022, not &#8220;2020 too&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2022\/01\/capitol_2022_0162.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2022\/01\/capitol_2022_0162.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2022\/01\/capitol_2022_0162-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2022\/01\/capitol_2022_0162-452x300.png 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m breaking in a brand new camera, something I&#8217;ve wanted to do for many years.  In doing so, I wanted to explore a couple of new angles too.  It was -22 according to the display in the vehicle I was driving, and it felt it.  I was dressed properly, though, and I had boot warmers and hand warmers too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2022\/01\/capitol_2022_0183.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2022\/01\/capitol_2022_0183.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2022\/01\/capitol_2022_0183-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2022\/01\/capitol_2022_0183-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the cool things about the capitol these days &#8211; and I believe it began last year &#8211; is the lighting on the pioneer statue.  I used to have to position lighting to illuminate the statue, but now it&#8217;s got fantastic lighting of its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2022\/01\/capitol_2022_0232.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2022\/01\/capitol_2022_0232.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2022\/01\/capitol_2022_0232-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2022\/01\/capitol_2022_0232-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pretty nice, huh?  I&#8217;m glad they added this.  I wanted a new angle, and I got one.  I&#8217;m actually surprised I didn&#8217;t feature it last year.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy New Year everybody!  This marks the beginning of my seventeenth year doing this blog, and I hope I get plenty of opportunities to share photos here to make up for the last two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m breaking in a brand new camera, something I&#8217;ve wanted to do for many years. In doing so, I wanted to explore a couple of new angles too. 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