Wild Columbine

Wild columbine grows in Minnesota.  I never planted any in my yard.  It plants it self every year where it wants to grow.  Mostly shade, part sun on the North side od the house.

Tulip

These are my favorites.  I grow several types of tulips in front of the the house.

Valve

Another fine piece of urban hardware.  No plastic on it and some rust.

Armstrong Quinlan 2012

This lovely brick home was moved to Eagle street by the Xcel Center some years ago.  Half of it was renovated and two condos were created.  The other half has remained empty and waiting for renovation since the housing market crashed.  It went into foreclosure and I suspect it will remain empty until such time that someone can buy it and not lose too much money fixing it up.  It isn’t haunted and the part that was finished really is lovely. . . oh and yes I know I messed up the sky.  I’ll fix it tomorrow.

Sophie Joe's

No I won’t photoshop the tree out of the picture.

Flowers

Did you ever photograph something just because of the color?

Indoor door

I took this inside of CoCo in downtown St. Paul.  CoCo is a collaborative that I joined while back.  It is kind of like a coffee shop but kind of like an office too.  I want to bring my equipment and practice my indoor photography . . it is on my to do list.   The Minneapolis location is spectacular and it is also on my list of places I gotta shoot.  Go list?

Turret

One of my favorite St. Paul homes complete with turret.  I don’t live in a house with a turret because . . . never mind.  I am going to say this home is a Queen Anne style victorian home.

Mickey's

It isn’t easy to blog without internet access and ours has been out for a few days and no one knows when it will be restored but I still believe that it will be restored some day.  The photo is of Mickey’s diner on 7th street.  I have several other photos of it on the blog because it is fun to photograph.