Another Horse Decorative Feature

This one is very different from the horse decoration shown on Sept. 25th, flat, graphic, ornate.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Horse In A Horseshoe

A sweet decorative horse bust above the mailbox.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

"Before I die I want to___________"

Another fabulous use of an under-used commercial storefront by Artists in Storefronts (on Stevens & 26th Street.)
http://www.artistsinstorefronts.com

A-I-S "purchased a "Before I Die" toolkit from public artist Candy Chang's Civic Center then built and erected it with funds from the Whittier Alliance for our "Whittier Artists in Storefronts" project."

Photo by Francesca Davis DiPiazza
(Before I die I want to drive a cute orange car like this one!)

Cepro Site Greenspace on the Greenway

Still looks like summer.  Not very many trails are in a trench like the Midtown Greenway.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

A Sculptural Offering To You

A whimsical sculpture on the corner in Whittier.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

"Yes to All Loving Couples"

The 3 churches sharing the church formerly known only as Salem English Lutheran at  610 W. 28th Street (between Lyndale and Garfield Avenues) urge "Vote No on the Marriage Amendment."

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

A Walk in the Park

    

Photos: Shawna Bork

Meander Here

I am fascinated by the myriad ways that people landscape their yards.  I frequently go on garden tours to see special landscaping, but this one, and many others, I see when I'm running, biking, or walking in the neighborhood.  This yard is north of the Cepro Site greenspace on the Greenway, between 10th and 11th Aves.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

"Nolite te bastardes..."

Tattoo seen on Lyndale & 22nd Ave. S.
"Nolite te bastardes cardonrundorum" is made-up Latin for "Don't let the bastards get you down." (The bearer chose it from the novel The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood.)

Photo by Francesca Davis DiPiazza

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Photo by Marz Haney

Mural, mural on the wall

Actions speak louder . . .  Mural at the Loon Grocery.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

"Vote No"

 On November 6, 2012, Minnesotans will vote, 
“Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as marriage in Minnesota?” 

Yard signs from Minnesotans United for All Families:  http://mnunited.org
Photo Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Lavender and Olive

A woman in a lavender hijab walks under an olive tree on Blaisdell Ave. S., near Lake St.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Stepping Out...

Exiting Whittier, at the SE corner of Lyndale Ave. S. and Lake St.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Quack!

Amusing, charming, personal.  I expect it to move at any moment.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

WUNDR BIRD

I love the street art of this artist, Eleventh Wonder, or Wundr, here perched on a mailbox on 25th St. and Pillsbury Ave. S.
He says, "His artwork is often a reminisce of childhood, with a thirst for adventure, and an abstraction of our environment. The characters in Wundr's art are not a specific representation of any individual, but are molded from pieces of all of us, mental snapshots from society, from child hood associations, abstractions of feelings and emotions, self reflections, inspired by the people that we see, and meet, every day."
You can read more about him at his site:
http://www.eleventhwonder.com/about-this-site/

2 Arms

at a Lake Street bus stop

Photo Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Container Garden

You don't need a yard to have attractive plants.  These potted plants almost look like they are floating.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Labor Day

Happy Labor Day!
I figure this applies to Black-Eyed Susans as well as lilies:
"...They do not labor neither do they weave, but I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was robed like one of these..." (Luke 12.27)

Photo by Francesca Davis DiPiazza

What season?

 Passersby say it's summer. Eat Street Social windowboxes say it's autumn.

 

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Moving Day

Photo Francesca Davis DiPiazza: