What a mess!

We usually publish only one photo per day, but I couldn't resist all these people dealing with the snow-slush on Nicollet Ave. S., employing a roof rake, a snow blower, and a shovel.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Cold rain

rain, turned to freezing rain later on. Be careful on the roads and sidewalks.

Photo: Michael Wright

Water Lilies In Stained Glass

Inspired by the artisan work exhibited in the Glensheen Mansion in Duluth, this souvenir is reminiscent of the style of the mansion, which was built on Lake Superior and completed in 1908.  Looking through the stained glass lilies can lighten up a grey day.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Crooked House

Photo: Marz Haney

circles near the highway


Photo: Michael Wright 

Leaning Telephone Booth

Also known as a 'kiosk' or 'public call-box' in the King's (British) English.  When was the last time you called from a pay phone, much less from a telephone booth?  I can't remember.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

2935

midtown global market parking lot


Photo: Michael Wright 

Bi directionality


Photo: Michael Wright 

Footprints in Snow

I hear we might get more snow this weekend.  That's typical for the end of February.

Photo: Jo Ann Musumeci

Speedy Racer

New rollerblades, $9.99 from Savers.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Hospital helicopter

Helicopter leaving Abbot after a sunday visit.

Photo: Michael Wright 

Sculpture

Sculpture in the little park going in on Nicollet, between 25th & 26th streets.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Eat Street Social: Coming Soon

A new restaurant in the spot formerly occupied by Taco Morelos, on 26th St. west of Nicollet.

Photo: Jo Ann Musumeci

Sunny Day

 
So many street scenes now include someone on a cell phone.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Girl Scout Cookies

Selling Girl Scout cookies from a little red wagon.

Photo: Marz Haney (taken last week, before our latest snow)

Valentine's Day

Lips like a heart.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Lily Liqueur Glass

Hand painted from the state of Jalisco, Mexico.  A little bit of rum in this glass, sipped with a friend at the end of the day, makes all seem right, bringing back memories of a trip to the tropics of Puerto Vajarta.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Snow & Wi-Fi

I wonder what the point of these free wi-fi spots are, since they're not necessarily in places you could easily use a laptop... This one on the corner of 24th & Nicollet.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Frost

and a little bit of sun.


Photo: Michael Wright

There's A Moose Loose In The 'Hood

What a fun sculpture.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

New Door Going In

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

No. 18 Bus, 6 a.m.

Going to my CNA clinicals at a nursing home, I catch this Nicollet Ave. bus early in the dark mornings.
Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

House Patterns

The patterns of these house elements and swing caught my eye as I was driving up Pleasant Ave. one day. I had to go back a few days later to photograph it.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Year of the Dragon

We began this blog last year on the Lunar New Year, February 2, 2011, the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit.
We've decided to continue on into the Year of the Dragon. 

Considered the luckiest sign in the Chinese zodiac, the dragon is flamboyant, innovative, energetic, and optimistic.
In 2012, the Lunar New Year (aka Chinese New Year) fell on January 23rd. It ends on the full moon 15 days later (Feb. 7). 

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza
(I bought this box of dragon matches in Spain this summer.)

Sparrow Silhouette

One more time at my favorite wildlife haunt, the edge of the K-Mart parking lot.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

School bus

(detail)

Photo: Michael Wright

Ready For Use

I think this is such a sweet park for residents in back of an apartment building, and on the alley.

Photo: Jo Ann Musumeci

Hamdi restaurant

This is opposite the Midtown Exchange/Allina Commons. Has anyone tried it?

Photo: Michael Wright

Shop window

On Lake St.

Photo: Michael Wright