Day 92 - Hidden Bridge

Evening stroll through Hansen Park in New Brighton

Day 91 - Yellow Practice Ball

Outside of the pitching and batting cage at Rice Creek Field number two.

Day 90 - Minneapolis from the Witch's Hat

I returned to the Witch's Hat Water Tower today because today is the one and only day this year that it is open to the general public. The tower is only open the first Friday after Memorial day during the neighborhood ice cream social at the Pratt School. I arrived shortly after 5:00 pm and to my surprise the line to go up to the observation deck was rather short (this was not the case about an hour later). The steps up to the deck are quite narrow and it gets a little tight when there are people heading down while others are making their way up. Once you make it to the top you are presented with spectacular views of the Prospect Park neighborhood as well as the downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis skylines.

Day 89 - 1666 Coffman

1666 Coffman is the Condominium for retired University of Minnesota faculty and staff. It is located across the street from the University of Minnesota - Les Bolstad Golf Course and the Gibbs Farm Museum.

Day 88 - Ramsey County Poor Farm Barn

Tonight I had a meeting at church so I thought this would be a great time to stop and take a picture of the old Barn on White Bear Ave in Maplewood. This is the area where the Ramsey County Fair takes place and during Halloween it is transformed into Ramsey County Fright Farm. Anyway, as I was walking around the building I noticed there was a National Registry of Historic Places plaque posted on one of the walls. This barn was actually the Ramsey County Poor Farm Barn, it was built in 1918 and served as home and work for the indigent in Ramsey County.

Day 87 - Courtyard Columns

Nazareth and Riley Hall courtyard columns on the campus of Northwestern College, MN.

Day 86 - Now Showing

A night view of the Now Showing Wall at the Carmike Wynsong Theater in Mounds View. I'll have to try this shot again because I'm not happy with the way it turned out.

Day 85 - Blue Goblet

The Blue Goblet and dolphine inside the lighted Cario Cabinet.

Day 84 - Backyard Hot Dog Roast

According to 5 year old Xavier, roasting the hot dogs is more fun than eating them.

Day 83 - Witch's Hat Water Tower

Witch's Hat Water Tower is located in Prospect Park and cited as the highest natural point in Minneapolis.

Day 82 - Look up, it's a Tower Crane

It appears that my unintentional theme for the week is towers.

Day 81 - MN. State Fair Space Tower

From the 304-foot Space Tower you can see the entire fairgrounds as well as downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul. The Space Tower at the MN State fairgrounds was completed in 1975. It was modeled after the Seattle Space Needle (605-feet) which was built in 1961.

Day 80 - Shoreview Towers

Tonight I was able to get pretty close to the Shoreview Broadcast towers (officially called the Telefarm towers). They are huge, tower one is 1426 feet and tower two is 1438 feet high. About a mile east of these towers you will find the KMSTP-TV tower, which is about 1466 feet high.

The Shoreview towers are owned by Telefarm Inc. which is a company jointly owned by the Twin Cities stations WCCO channel 4, KSTP channel 5, KARE channel 11 and some area radio stations. The towers are used for both analog and digital television broadcasts, plus the transmission of KSTC channel 45 (owned by the same company as KSTP) and WUCW channel 23.

The KMSTP-TV Tower is owned by KMSTP channel 9 and shared with WFTC, KTCA/KTCI, and ten FM radio stations.

Day 79 - City of Mounds View Water Tower

The Mounds View Water Tower is located right behind Mounds View City Hall, which is just off of County 10.

Day 78 - Steam Stacks

Looking up at the Southeast Steam Plant located on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. The Southeast Steam Plant, also known as the Twin City Rapid Transit Company Steam Power Plant, is a combined heat and power owned by the University of Minnesota. The plant was constructed in 1903 to provide electricity for the Twin City Rapid Transit street railway system, it supported the area’s major form of public transportation for 50 years until Minneapolis converted entirely to buses in 1954.

Day 77 - Field of Dandelions

I enjoy seeing the green and yellow as long as it is in a park and not in my yard.

Day 76 - Road Construction Season

News Release from Mn/DOT -Larpenteur Avenue bridge demolition begins this weekend. This will cause re-routing of traffic for Highway 280 in Lauderdale, St. Paul.

Day 75 - Stop, I'm Getting Dizzy...

The playground merry-go-round was so fun...there really was no safe place to sit, stand, or lie without being thrown off or getting super dizzy.

Day 74 - Church and State

View of the Minnesota State Capitol and the St. Paul Cathedral.

Day 73 - Engine 31

Roseville Fire & Rescue Engine 31

Day 72 - Street Lamp in the Sky

Rice Creek Parkway street lamp.

Day 71 - Train Crossing the Mississippi River

View of the Canadian Pacific Railroad bridge from the boat landing at North Mississippi Regional Park in Minneapolis. This bridge is also known the Camden Railroad bridge, Camden Park bridge, the Soo Line Bridge, or the Canadian Pacific bridge.

Day 70 - Trees and Bars

I like how the climbing bars appear to curve in the same direction as the trees.

Day 69 - Forest in the City

Rice Creek Regional Trail, I believe this part of the trail is on the border of Mounds View, Arden Hills, and Shoreview.

Day 68 - Curiosity

It was such a nice evening that I decided to take a scenic route home from work. This drive led me to Lake Johanna in Arden Hills. There were a lot of people fishing and hanging out in the park (Tony Schmidt/Lake Johanna Park) so I decided to stop and take a few pictures of the scenery. While dad was fishing, this little boy and his brother (not pictured) were having a great time exploring the dock.

Day 67 - In Bloom

The soft white flowers and bulbs reminds me of popcorn. By the way does anyone know what type of tree this is?

Day 66 - Lumber

Lumber yard in New Brighton, MN - 778 1st St NW

Day 65 - Row of Pansies

Linders flower stand located in the Mounds View Square parking lot.

Day 64 - Fallen Tree Reflection

Tree reflections on Island Lake in Island Lake County Park located in Shoreview MN.

Day 63 - Carnival at Night

A night shot of the Shoreview Mall Carnival.

Day 62 - The Scrambler

Friday evening at the Carnival. There wasn't very many people at the carnival tonight but I did manage to catch the Scrambler in motion.