St. Paul, MN Photos

Dancing

I always have trouble shooting black statues.  This one is in HDR which kind of helps.  Actually it helps a lot, almost feels like cheating.  The statue is part of a water feature at the Como Park Conservatory.  I love palm trees.

Red Train

I keep saying I should have a lost and found category for this blog.  This is one that I took last November in San Diego.  I took so many photos while I was there I am likely to find a few more.  This makes a nice change of pace for me because there isn’t any of the white stuff in the photo.

Gingerbread on a shed

They don’t make them like this anymore. This shed is in Hastings MN and part of the historic and well preserved LeDuc estate.  The buildings are Gothic revival.  Hastings is just south of St. Paul on the Mississippi river.  This barn isn’t as pretty as the house but I liked the shadows on it from the ancient oak trees the surround it.

Table for two

It is about the pears.  The table is on the skyway over 6th Street just outside of Macy’s.  It wouldn’t be a very good place to sit and chit chat but would be a great place for people watching.

Popcorn Stand

I went downtown so I could go for a walk through the skyways. It is always warm in the skyways, maybe too warm.  I love popcorn and so this is where I bought my lunch at the popcorn stand in the Osborn building.   The shadow of the man to the left talking on his cell phone isn’t supposed to be in the picture so please just ignore him.

Minneapolis Sculpture garden

This is part of the conservatory in Minneapolis which is part of the Walker Art Center, the same place that the fish I posted yesterday lives.  This room has plants in it as you can tell and the vines are jasmine.  It smells wonderful and is nice and it is warm, sunny and feels marvelous in February.