Installed drippers to irrigate native grasses on our balcony.
Category: Living
Shaped by Function
Cycled past places shaped by function in an industrial area of North Minneapolis.
My First Great Ball Contraption
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My First Great Ball Contraption
https://youtu.be/MpkWSPPooqs A great ball contraption (GBC) is a [LEGO] machine which receives soccer balls or basketballs from one module and passes them to another module, rather like a bucket brigade. Modules built according to the GBC standard can be assembled into a collaborative display without pre-planning or modification.greatballcontraption.com GBC’s are a whole LEGO subculture, complete…… Continue reading My First Great Ball Contraption
(Almost) Self-Sustaining Building
On our walk: a mill worker depicted at the Pillsbury A-Mill. Completed in 1881, it was the world’s largest flour mill for 40 years. Today the building is well-appointed artist lofts; a hydroelectric generator, combined with geothermal, produces 75% of the building’s energy needs.
Flags On Cranes
On our walk across a former railroad bridge: Memorial Day weekend flags were suspended from three cranes on the Minneapolis 10th Avenue Bridge. The 90-year-old bridge is going through a major rehabilitation.
Post-Industrial Space
Cycled through this space in the Crown-Arts Campus, Northeast Minneapolis.
Plants For Our Balcony
In heavy rain, picked up three cart-loads of plants from a garden center for our balcony. Being contrarian paid off: there were plenty carts, and no lines at the checkouts.
One Year Later
On my cycle ride: one year later.
3rd Avenue Bridge
As usual, our Sunday morning walk took us under the bridge that carries 3rd Avenue across the Mississippi. Built over 100 years ago, it will reopen at the end of 2022.