St. Paul, MN Photos

Glass Ceiling

In the Wells Fargo Building in downtown St. Paul, the building that you can see through the glass is the Wells Fargo tower which used to be the world trade center but not the world trade center in New York which is a good thing but the world trade center in St. Paul.  The picture was taken in the Wells Fargo Plaza.   It is one of the newer buildings in St.  Paul and on o the taller ones.

Rose

OK . . I ran out of photos a couple of days ago.   I took this one a couple of years ago.  I had to dust it off before I posted it.

Wild Rose

I have been taking pictures of native plants and wildflowers for years.  One fourth of July weekend just for the heck of it I started a wildflower blog.  I set it up so people can search by color so they can find photos of wildflowers and use them to help identify plants.  I can’t post on it in the winter because there is nothing to shoot.  This year I am going to Southern Minnesota just to photograph wild flowers that are not found anywhere else in the state.  My goal is to photograph all of the indigenous wildflower species in the state.  I figure it will take at least five years.  I am looking forward to the hunt.  Those hours outside walking through fields and exploring the woods.

Last month several of my photos were used by a group in Ohio for a wildflower seed exchange and a master gardener from the twin cities plans to use some of the photos in a presentation to promote the idea of growing native species in gardens.  I like having the photos used that way and it makes my wild hobby that much more rewarding.

Victorian Row House

Located in an older part of St. Paul and if you know St. Paul you know that the double digit addresses are near downtown.  The home I live in has the first three digit address on the block.  For some reason they skipped a bunch of numbers.

This old row house is missing a pillar.  It looks like they are fixing up the porches a bit.

Victorian

This house is a small one and it used to be painted  black and white. I like it better this way.

Grumpy Steve's

Right next to the Wabasha caves on the river bluff.