Balcony

 On Lyndale, visible from inside Bob's Java Hut.

Photo: Marz Haney

All Together Now: S 5th & E 26th

Guest photographer: Maura K. Lynch

Mike Wright posted some of these elements individually, but it's fun to see them in context, as Maura snapped them from her car window on her drive to work.

This Is Not a Flower.

I see we photogs are all losing our minds for spring flowers.
But this one is really a photo of a bug!

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Magnolia

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

An Elegant Forsythia Complements An Elegant Mansion

The forsythia bush seems to know its place in the shadow of the mansion.  Yet its delicacy almost outshines the weight of the building.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Crocus Poking Through The Leaves

This bright yellow crocus is undeterred by the leaf and twig litter, even boldly reflecting its color off the twig to the right.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeco

Waterfall cherry tree

Cherry blossoms on a waterfall cherry tree. Early spring is everywhere.

- Nadine Stodolka

Outside Bob's Java hut (where else?)

Photo: Michael Wright

Spring Ephemeral Native Flowers

 Snow Drop

 Blood Root

Sharp-lobed Hepatica

The spring emphemeral flowers bloom in their native habitat in the forest before the leaves come out.  You can plant them in your yard, too.

Photo: Jo Ann Musumeci

The Opportune Moment

...for a sparrow.

Photo: Marz Haney

Deer Head

As I drive to work along 5th Ave S., this mounted deer head greets me  just north of 26th St.

--Maura K. Lynch, Guest Photographer

Mural Of Fantasy Creature

Perhaps it's a one-eyed monster ready to gobble you up, or maybe it's just heaving a hearty laugh.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

FedEx

Photo: Marz Haney

Paper Flowers

white paper flowers steadfast in the wind remnant from the past as spring emerges all around   -- Rita Stodolka

Flags at the hospital

What a scorcher of a day.

Photo: Michael Wright

Welcome To Waite House Gardens

The Waite House is at 26th St. and 13th Ave., with  the garden is south of the House on the corner.  The Waite House provides community services in the Midtown Phillips neighborhood.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Fire and Salt

Fire station on 28th and Blaisdell
 Photo: Marz Haney

One Month Late

 Thank you to  Madeline Douglass for e-mailing us this photo of the Bardwell-Ferrant house at 2500 Portland in West Phillips decorated for Valentine's Day.

She sent it for Feb. 14, and I only now––one month later––rescued it from our pile of e-mail.

Jupiter And Venus, An Affair Of The Night Sky

I originally took a photo with my camera, then took a picture with my phone of the camera display.    The actual photo on the camera looks normal.  Maybe I'll have to play with this 'accident'.  Is the phone camera seeing somthing I don't see with my eyes?

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

The Red Bird (Cardinal) In A Tree

This male cardinal was looking right at me, chirping away in his melodious song.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Summer in March

Neighborhood kids out enjoying the nice weather. Record temp today: 60 + degrees....

Photo: Rita Stodolka

2523 Portland Ave S on a sunny sunny day

Photo: Michael Wright

Two Birds In A Tree

I think the one on the left is a female or immature cardinal (sounded like one), and the one on the right might be a robin.  I didn't even see the robin when I was trying to photograph the cardinal.

Photo: Jo Ann Musumeci

Ducks in a Row

 Moonlight Florist's window, 2400 block of Nicollet Ave. S.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Whittier school students playing violin, part of the partnership with MacPhail.

Photo: Michael Wright

Signs Of Spring

 Irises peaking out of the leaves.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Walking the Dog

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Neighborhood bunnies

The neighbors have bunnies for pets.

 Photo: Rita Stodolka

Sagging Low

This picture by Minneapolis yarn artist Hot Tea has survived the winter, but the once tight and crisp-edged figure is sagging dangerously near the alligator's mouth (or is that a crocodile?).

2500 block of Nicollet Ave. S.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Dunn Bros Coffee Through The Window

It looks so nice and cozy in there.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

It may be downtown behind, but the fence is on the border of Phillips/Whittier.

Photo: Michael Wright