{"id":8344,"date":"2025-05-14T07:03:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=8344"},"modified":"2025-05-14T07:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:03:47","slug":"windmill-week-day-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=8344","title":{"rendered":"Windmill Week, day three"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"532\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18510-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18510-2.png 532w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18510-2-333x500.png 333w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18510-2-100x150.png 100w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18510-2-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I recently spotted this unfortunate windmill while heading up to Arena to check on the status of St. John&#8217;s Church (it&#8217;s still there.) and had to stop for a few photos.  I don&#8217;t remember every finding one in this condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18495-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18495-7.png 531w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18495-7-332x500.png 332w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18495-7-100x150.png 100w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18495-7-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>That one lonely yet sturdy strip of metal is holding this windmill together. It doesn&#8217;t show any sign of failing any time soon, a testament to &#8220;they don&#8217;t build &#8217;em like they used to&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18504-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18504-6.png 800w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18504-6-500x331.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18504-6-150x99.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18504-6-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2025\/05\/windmill_18504-6-453x300.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll never understand the charm of these old windmills, but I do recognize that many hold the same fascination with them as I do.  It&#8217;s always a delight to spot one in a photographically interesting location, with a unique shape or design, or in a particularly photogenic state of disrepair.  This has to be one of the more eye-catching windmill sights I&#8217;ve seen while working the North Dakota highways, and I&#8217;m glad it caught my eye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently spotted this unfortunate windmill while heading up to Arena to check on the status of St. John&#8217;s Church (it&#8217;s still there.) and had to stop for a few photos. 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