Red Pine

The Red Pine (also called the Norway Pine) is the state tree of Minnesota. They are so skinny and tall.

Mushroom #2

Look how bright it is! This was found on a walk around Dry Lake outside of Ely, MN.

Dorothy Molter Museum

One of the oddest little museums I have ever visited--about "The Root Beer Lady" of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Check it out at their website.

Flowers?

Are these flowers or something else? They look like tiny cauliflowers. Found on a walk around Dry Lake outside of Ely, MN.

Northern Sunset

A Minnesotan sunset on Everett Lake outside of Ely, MN.

Mushroom

Found all kinds of neat mushrooms during a hike around Dry Lake outside of Ely, MN.

Thunderstorm

Shot this at a gas station outside of Virginia, MN. For some reason, the lights and colors from the gas station really set off the deep purples in the sky that afternoon. We drove on out before the storm broke, but I bet it was spectacular.

The Dock

Evening on the lake. So placid. Do you see any loons? They're probably diving.

Fishing

My brother casts a line in a northern brook.

Canoe

A shot from a summer up on Burntside Lake near Ely, MN. It's a Minnesotan tradition to head "Up North" every summer and my family is no different, though the lake and the level of northness has changed over the years.

Burntside Lake

This is where I am right now. Yeah, go on. Be envious.

Up North

Going "Up North" for the week. I'm afraid I don't have enough photos backlogged to have a picture every day while I'm gone. So all my thousands of adoring fans and followers (ha!) will have to hold tight until I get back.

Clouds

The "New York Eagle" and the Smith Ave. High Bridge on a gloomy day.

Marshall Blocks

Neat block letters against the Minneapolis sky. This is a cement-making business, or something like that.

Summer cleaning

Want some free stuff? It's that time of year. Time to clean out the house.

SPAM Museum

Visited the SPAM Museum in Austin, MN a few days ago. Look at all that canned meat!

Reflections, part 3

Walking around downtown Minneapolis near the new Target Field spotted this nice reflection of buildings in buildings.

numbers

Some aging numbers on Summit Ave.

Highland Theatre

 Reaching for the sky.

Target Field

I went to my first Twins game at the new Target Field last weekend. It's a gorgeous place.

401

A walk through Minneapolis near Target Field revealed this sign on the side of an apartment building. Love these things and they're all over the Cities.

iconography

I just had my first Grain Belt Premium the other night. I can't believe I've held out this long since it's become one of the hipster brews of choice in my native Twin Cities. It was not as vile as I had imagined it would be. I still think it's a terrible name, but I love this sign above Nicollet Island in Minneapolis.

Apt

A lovely colorful apartment building on Laurel Ave. Garrison Keillor lives in this neighborhood.

Sidewalk

Some enterprising individual decided to put in random poems all over the Cathedral Hill neighborhood when they were redoing the sidewalks. The first time I came across one, I was so utterly enchanted that I read it over and over again for about ten minutes. This is my favorite of all the ones I've seen so far. I actually laughed out loud when I read it.

Happy 4th!

Stop to smell the flowers and read the Declaration of Independence!

promise

The promise of summer. A deflated paddle pool in the evening sun.

Apple Store in NYC

Passed this Apple Store on the Upper West Side. IT BLEW MY MIND. This is just the play area of the store! The actually products are hidden away in a whole other room downstairs! Insanity. And yet I want to go there so bad.

Reflections, part 2

A bit of a cheat. I posted this one earlier in June but that was before I found out the July theme day is reflections. So I'm posting it again. Because I like it. This is the Landmark Center reflected in the Travelers Insurance building in downtown Saint Paul.

This is part of City Daily Photo's July 1 theme day. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants