tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64435480516878051202024-02-19T09:11:22.694-06:00 Photo a Day in Saint Paul / Minneapolis Winter 2015Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07348819989711267680noreply@blogger.comBlogger578125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-44917480936080561762015-03-06T17:17:00.001-06:002015-03-06T17:30:20.845-06:00Photo Friday: City<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Viking Bar has been closed for a while now which is a shame. It was an iconic landmark near the West Bank campus of the University of Minnesota.</div>
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<br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com4Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis, MN, USA44.9668972 -93.24346980000001444.9444302 -93.283810300000013 44.9893642 -93.203129300000015tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-62405318554242186012014-10-12T18:36:00.001-05:002014-10-12T18:36:52.026-05:00Impossible eclipseFrom earlier this week... <br />
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Saturday night at the National Sports Center in Blaine - fish and chips from the Anchor Food Truck and Minnesota United Football Club winning another match.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com1National Sports Center, 1700 105th Ave NE, Blaine, MN 55449, USA45.1561225 -93.22742699999997722.194707 -134.53602099999998 68.117538 -51.918832999999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-27623760476750064532014-06-30T23:00:00.000-05:002014-06-30T23:16:01.483-05:00Celebrating summer (July theme day)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here in Minnesota if you don't spend some time during the summer on a lake, you can't really claim citizen status. So, celebrate summer the Minnesota way and see how others around the world are enjoying the season at the <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/06/july-2014-gallery-celebrating-summer.html" target="_blank">City Daily Photo Project</a>.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-33021444084686298492014-06-27T12:05:00.000-05:002014-06-27T12:05:18.744-05:00Shades and a dark suit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It must be a Secret Serviceman. Indeed. President Obama stopped by the local creamery yesterday for an ice cream cone. Most of us on the street never got closer than the nearest security guy.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com2Summit Hill, Saint Paul, MN, USA44.939761266117465 -93.13205775269773344.936951266117468 -93.137100252697735 44.942571266117461 -93.127015252697731tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-53982170204555795322014-06-26T09:23:00.001-05:002014-06-26T09:23:26.448-05:00Lovin' the Green Line<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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More fun with the iPhone app InstaFrame on the opening weekend of the Green Line. Free rides for all!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-29143148337595939342014-06-06T08:44:00.000-05:002014-06-06T08:45:29.109-05:00Unrecognizable<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The fun continues with my iPhone apps. This one is BlurFX and ScratchCam taken a couple of weeks ago near St Anthony Main during an iPhone photo workshop. To see more ABC Wednesday photos, go <a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/2014/06/u-is-for-untied-and-united.html" target="_blank">here</a>. To see more app-transformed photos, go <a href="http://twincities-photorama.blogspot.com/search/label/iPhone" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
<br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-83054451682433946002014-05-28T22:19:00.000-05:002014-05-28T22:23:46.717-05:00Bent steel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another iPhone manipulation using TiltShiftGen to focus on the guy walking under the beam and Distressed FX to enhance color and make the shadows pop. This was at the ruins of the mill fire that now makes up part of the Mill City Museum in Minneapolis.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com1Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401, USA44.9788593 -93.25717850000000922.017369800000004 -134.5657725 67.94034880000001 -51.94858450000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-31753773599005638512014-05-24T22:54:00.000-05:002014-05-24T22:54:19.441-05:00Romantic railroad tracks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A most excellent day spent learning how to use my iPhone camera and a load of really fun apps to make my photos appear something other than the way I took them. This is the Distressed app giving the image - the railroad tracks right next to the Minneapolis Photo Center - its dreamy appearance. The birds were added!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com2Minneapolis, MN, USA44.983334 -93.26666999999997644.8035955 -93.589393499999971 45.1630725 -92.943946499999981tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-38590505514392692332014-05-13T16:02:00.000-05:002014-05-13T16:02:52.175-05:00R is for ravenous<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This eagle was devouring a woodchuck and just didn't want to let go as I approached for a close-up.<br />
To see more "r" entries, visit <a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/2014/05/r-is-for-rescue-rest-and-rehab.html" target="_blank">ABC Wednesday</a>. Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com8Zumbro Falls, MN, USA44.2833001 -92.42212569999998144.2605651 -92.46246619999998 44.306035099999995 -92.381785199999982tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-25666066273542489722014-05-01T01:00:00.000-05:002014-05-01T08:04:42.973-05:00Theme day: Squares<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Minneapolis Convention Center doesn't have much to commend itself in the architecture category but it served nicely for this month's theme. See others at the <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/04/may-2014-gallery-squares.html" target="_blank">City Daily Photo project</a>.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com12Convention Centre Map, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA44.9691948 -93.2737319000000322.007626799999997 -134.58232590000003 67.9307628 -51.96513790000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-12151169173797820742014-04-20T23:28:00.004-05:002014-04-20T23:28:57.701-05:00Ready for planting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I took a detour on my way back to the Twin Cities from southern Minnesota on one of the first really nice days of this late, but very welcome, spring. Aside from a few isolated patches of snow stuck in dark crannies the countryside is free of winter.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-56165840597396600072014-03-31T22:20:00.000-05:002014-03-31T22:20:35.524-05:00Theme day: Triangles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My Victorian neighborhood has many renovated houses. Some have taken the refurbishment into the New Age.<br />
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For more theme day entries, visit the <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/03/april-2014-gallery-triangles.html" target="_blank">City Daily Photo gallery</a> for April 2014.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-59146842093058166852014-03-06T19:07:00.000-06:002014-03-06T19:07:25.772-06:00Ice die<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A local bar has strung blocks of ice like so many giant dice to form a beaded wall along their currently unused patio. Pretty soon these will start melting (if we're lucky!).Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com1Summit Hill, Saint Paul, MN, USA44.940015254076513 -93.13543796539312344.937205254076517 -93.140480465393125 44.94282525407651 -93.130395465393121tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-77682941522052028912014-02-28T16:25:00.000-06:002014-02-28T16:25:44.413-06:00Theme day: People on the Street<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just another day of the winter that would not end in downtown St. Paul. </div>
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For other <a href="http://dailyphotoportalnews.blogspot.com/2014/03/people-on-street.html" target="_blank">March theme day</a> photos, click on the link to the City Daily Photo website.</div>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-83922699380379222332014-02-18T09:14:00.001-06:002014-02-18T09:14:57.973-06:00Winter sports fever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The winter Olympics are on and Minnesotans often figure large in the event. But we have our own City of Lakes Loppet where skiers come out en masse to loop around Lake Calhoun - even on a very cold day!</div>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com2Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN, USA44.945124000000007 -93.311178644.922645500000009 -93.3515191 44.967602500000005 -93.2708381tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-23136287444581170722014-01-31T08:27:00.004-06:002014-01-31T08:27:50.593-06:00Theme day: Entry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to the banks of the Mississippi where the Minnehaha tumbles in. Come on in to shelter yourself from the storm.<br />
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For more February theme day entries, go to <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/01/february-gallery-entry.html" target="_blank">City Daily Photo</a>. Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com10Hiawatha, Minneapolis, MN, USA44.91474965563657 -93.20368054282221244.903505155636573 -93.2238505428222 44.925994155636566 -93.183510542822219tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-73672621881853079192013-11-01T14:50:00.000-05:002013-11-01T14:50:48.110-05:00Theme day: Heights<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Stand on the river bluff at the Science Museum of Minnesota and you can look down on a road that winds out from under the bluffs toward the riverside thoroughfare in downtown St. Paul. See other theme day entries <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2013/10/november-gallery-heights.html" target="_blank">here</a>.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com3Science Museum of Minnesota, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, 120 W Kellogg Blvd, Saint Paul, MN 55102, USA44.9424105 -93.09874809999996621.981278500000002 -134.40734209999997 67.9035425 -51.790154099999967tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-18030214288862628102013-10-04T07:54:00.000-05:002013-10-04T07:54:26.890-05:00Green Line Ghost<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A biker pedals along an unopened Green Line light rail station in downtown St. Paul. When, oh when, will the trains start to carry passengers?Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com0St Paul Union Depot (dropoff), Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, Saint Paul, MN 55101, USA44.947319 -93.08468599999997738.7399015 -103.41183449999997 51.1547365 -82.757537499999984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-91807394760111050432013-09-10T22:04:00.002-05:002013-09-10T22:04:53.180-05:00I is for Imperial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The eagle is regal - majestic, dignified, imperial. When I was a kid, the eagle was endangered. Now I watch them regularly soar over the Mississippi within the city limits of St. Paul! A great success story. More ABC Wednesday entries <a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/2013/09/i-is-forthe-incredibles.html" target="_blank">here</a>.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-28836709644981938092013-09-04T06:00:00.000-05:002013-09-04T06:00:10.764-05:00ABC Wednesday: H is for headstones<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For more ABC Wednesday entries, go <a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-30558165433771216792013-08-31T10:04:00.000-05:002013-08-31T10:04:00.718-05:00Last chance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A beautiful Labor Day weekend beckons. Get out to a Minnesota lake. This one is Black Water up near Hackensack.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-60240537213749738732013-08-13T14:24:00.000-05:002013-08-13T14:25:19.121-05:00ABC Wednesday: E is for Edibles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The alleyways in my neighborhood make good use of south-facing garage walls with baskets of hanging tomato plants. And, they're ripening up about now. More ABC Wednesday entries <a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/2013/08/welcome-to-abc-wednesdayweek-e.html">here</a>.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-67198516272567616002013-08-09T06:00:00.000-05:002013-09-10T22:09:02.421-05:00Busy evening at the Martins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was at a retreat recently at St John's University in Collegeville and ran across this very busy Purple Martin house on one of the lakes on campus.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com0Saint John's University, 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville, MN 56321, USA45.5798276 -94.39054019999997545.5576006 -94.430880699999975 45.6020546 -94.350199699999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443548051687805120.post-16259487972492726072013-08-07T08:42:00.000-05:002013-08-07T08:42:09.159-05:00Dwight Demaine, Dentist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A perfect 'D' post for today's <a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/2013/08/d-of-dutch.html">ABC Wednesday</a>. Not only is Dr. Demaine a dentist but he has turned this Art <u>Deco</u> building in south Minneapolis into his office. What a guy!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04035993463942521531noreply@blogger.com4