Today, my walk started at a former Cream of Wheat HQ and factory, and ended at a former Fire Department repair shop.
Category: Living
First Big Snowstorm
Downtown Minneapolis, Monday morning, 7:30 a.m., first big snowstorm of season. I should still be in bed.
Loading Maps for Warm Places
On this cold day, loaded maps for hikes in a warm place.
Elaborate Yard Nativity Scene
Walked past a reminder for the season: yes, the garden hose should be disconnected in this freezing weather.
White Thanksgiving
White Thanksgiving. Finally it snowed.
Another Sculpture Park
Went for a walk, discovered a sculpture park.
Northumbrian Beauty
When I tap “beauty” into the Google search box for my photo collection, I get a flood of too-easy, stereotypical beauty. There’s enough sunsets and mountaintops to induce indigestion in even the most hardened tourist. But the picture at the top of this post is top of the search results. It’s October 2015. I’m standing…… Continue reading Northumbrian Beauty
Making Stuff Last
Took our newer (2003) car to MAACO for a paint job estimate. We’d like to hold onto it at least through 2023.
Dress Rehearsal
Dress rehearsal for Thanksgiving. I still have my fingers.
The Remains of a Tree
In the past few days, a sculpture has appeared on my running route around Lake of the Isles (Minneapolis, MN). It’s a defiant sculpture, but it’s not the creation of an artist.The remains of the tree wait to be felled and chipped: it was diseased, it has to go. New trees will be planted for…… Continue reading The Remains of a Tree