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.

Foxglove

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.

A cool place to sit

A walk in the park

In Harriet Island park, with the high bridge in the background.  I have always loved these walkways, maybe because of the way they curve and because of the distinctive street lights.

Benches in the snow

I like to think of March as the march toward spring. It may not look like it from the photos but we are making progress, the snow was covering the seats.

LeDuc Estate - Hastings Minnesota

The first day of March has me thinking about how wonderful it would be to take photos of architecture without snow in them.  There are some advantages to this time of year.  In the summer this shot would have showed more tree than building but I long for green grass, flowers and warm weather.

The home pictured is part of the DeLuc Estate in Hastings Minnesota, and is in the Gothic revival architectural style. Kind of busy but I like the combination of wood and brick, and those wonderful huge old oak trees.    Hastings is a small town of about 30,00o.  There are many wonderful historic buildings churches and houses to photograph.  I need to go there more often.