Yesterday, with a big snowstorm promised, I rushed to get through some errands. It was starting to snow, the gritty sort that stings your face. When the temperature hovers around freezing, we get the gritty kind. This is sometimes preceded by freezing rain then sloppy snow as the temperature drops. As the temperature continues to…… Continue reading An Incoming Snowstorm
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An Incoming Snowstorm
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Sunday Morning
Startled birds took to the air as I walked along Downtown’s Nicollet Mall on a Sunday morning.
Surplus Stuff
Looked for stuff I didn’t realize I didn’t need at Ax-Man Surplus.
Tinted Windows
Looked through tinted windows after picking up tickets at the Guthrie Theater.
Trundling Freight Train
While I jogged, a freight train trundled.
Walking With Attitude Through Cancer Survivors Park
I had left the bright sunshine and blue sky that often follows a Minnesota snowstorm and entered the shadow of a corporate building. I walked past a snow shovel propped up at the entrance to a park in front of the corporate building. A worker had shoveled the entire path through the park. This was…… Continue reading Walking With Attitude Through Cancer Survivors Park
Four-Bridge Jog
My running route crosses four Mississippi bridges. This 1901 former railroad bridge takes me to Nicollet Island.
SPCO
Headed over to the twin of Minneapolis for a Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra concert in the Ordway’s new concert hall.
Perches Above a Rail Yard
It’s 1906. A man looks down from his perch high above a rail yard and the flour mills it serves. The caption for the stereograph simply reads “Huge flour mills where grain crops are made into food for the world, Minneapolis, Minnesota.” From our temporary Minneapolis Mill District home, a rented condominium, I love to…… Continue reading Perches Above a Rail Yard