Two blocks from our home in the Minneapolis Mill District, on a dead-end side-street, there’s a single-family home that is decidedly different. Some people call it the Hogwarts House; others call it the Arundel House. I love to stand outside the house and spot fantastical architectural elements, including the wizardly dormer in the photo at…… Continue reading Beyond the Hogwarts House
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Hogwarts House
Posted Beyond the Hogwarts House.
Art Deco Stairwell
Wandered around Downtown with a friend. Peered into buildings, including the Art Deco Rand Tower built in 1929.
Illuminated after 21 Years
On my walk, a re-lit Grain Belt Beer sign added warmth against a grey sky. The sign had been dark for twenty-one years.
San Francisco Hike
A 7-hour hike around San Francisco was our antidote for jet lag. At the Pacific Ocean, fog probably rendered this camera obscura ineffective.
Geodetic Marker
On our Waiheke Island hike: a geodetic marker, with Auckland visible in the distance. We’re spending our last two nights in New Zealand on this island, a 35-minute ferry ride from downtown Auckland.
Snapshots: Whanganui National Park
Today, a jet boat brought us back to a world with Internet and roads. Three days earlier I maneuvered our rental car along a narrow, winding road, avoiding recent rockfalls. At Pipiriki, New Zealand, a jet boat came to take us up the Whanganui River, through a vertiginous gorge, to the Bridge to Nowhere Lodge. Thursday…… Continue reading Snapshots: Whanganui National Park
Snapshots: Whanganui National Park
Posted Snapshots: Whanganui National Park.
Returning to the Connected World
Today, a jet boat brought us back to a world with Internet and roads. 3 days earlier I maneuvered our rental car along a narrow, winding road, avoiding recent rockfalls. At Pipiriki, New Zealand, a jet boat came to take us up the Whanganui River to the Bridge to Nowhere Lodge.
Clouds and Small Things
Walked towards clouds, looked at small things.