K is for kneehighs

My vantage point at the St. Patrick's Day parade in St. Paul this year. The crowds were incomparable; the week had seen our earliest reading of 80 degrees ever!

There are more ABC Wednesday entries here.

Better watch out

They're on their way! Don't forget the cookies and milk... and a lawn chair.

Thanksgiving: Minnesota style

Did you know that Minnesota produces more turkeys than any other state in the union? Here's how we celebrate in the Twin Cities. Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving bounty

The decorative stack of squash outside Forepaugh's restaurant in St. Paul would make a lot of pies for the Thanksgiving table.

Halloween flamingo

A new twist to the old yard kitsch from Mother Earth Gardens in Minneapolis. Hope all American visitors to this blog are ready for tonight's mobs.

St. Paul's Lady Liberty

The elm trees that once gracefully lined the residential streets of St. Paul have been dying since the 1970s but sometimes they end up as garden sculpture. This one is appropriate for today's posting.

Old Glory

When Fort Snelling was completed in 1825, the United States was not yet fifty years old. Happy 235th birthday to us!

Soldiering c. 1828

Long before we celebrated Memorial Day, Fort Snelling soldiers were drilling on the grounds of the fort.

Snow for Easter?

Like any wise Minnesotan this neighbor has not removed the snow shovels from the front porch even as Easter approaches (on one of the latest dates ever).

Christmas cupcakes

Sweets Bakeshop on Marshall Avenue in St. Paul has some of the most talented cake decorators in town. Each season they create incredibly fun speciality cupcakes. You should have a few of these cute little penguins for your Christmas table.

Christmas break

Taking a pre-Christmas break far from the blowing snow. Be back in a few days.

Tree shopping

On the blizzard weekend lots of people stayed out of their cars, but in my neighborhood it's still easy to go shopping on foot.

How much is that reindeer in the window?

The College of Visual Arts has this display in their window but your eyes can play tricks on you if you don't stay focused.

The lucky ones

Here's a few that escaped the chopping block seen wandering down by the Mississippi River where it meets the Minnesota River.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The palm trees are a giveaway. This is not St. Paul (for the 2nd time this month - am I breaking the City Daily Photo rules too much?) but La Jolla, California and their answer to Macy's T-day parade.

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad Halloween

Zombies and vampires may be the latest Halloween fad, but being Joanie from Mad Men is more fun.

London!

I have successfully moved to London to go to grad school for the next year. So check out the new blog at Photo A Day in London!

Kahler

Bird's eye view of downtown Rochester, MN as seen from the Mayo Clinic. The little patio down there is part of a revitalization project to get folks to spend their nights and free time in the downtown area instead of at movieplexes in the suburbs.

BN

I'm generally not a huge supporter of massive chain bookstores (I shop at Sixth Chamber Used Books and Common Good Books around these parts). That being said, I love that Barnes and Noble opened a store in this old movie theatre in Rochester, MN, thus saving it from deterioration and neglect.

Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, MN, is one of the most famous clinics in the world. It also is the main reason why Rochester is on the map these days.