And so it begins...

Ice forming on Sand Creek; Jordan, MN.

Sand Creek

Watching the day turn to night and water turn to ice in Jordan, MN.

Climb

Water tower, Wabash Ave., St. Paul, MN.

Last drop

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus.

Mansion on the hill

Prior Lake VFW, Prior Lake, MN.

7:04 a.m., Hennepin Avenue.

Looking toward the Basilica of Saint Mary, the first basilica established (1926) in the United States.

Cherry blue

Catching the morning light at the Walker Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis, MN.

Chained for the season

Overturning summer things in Loring Park, Minneapolis.

Commutator Breakdown, always the saaaaame

Wait, you mean this place wasn’t the inspiration for one of Led Zeppelin’s early hits? I stand corrected: starting in 1884, this used to be the Commutator Brass Foundry Company, but was converted some years ago to offices and small businesses.

Sky/fall

Como Park, St. Paul, MN.

Same alley, different graffiti

More spray-painty goodness from Dinkytown.

Hop's Salon #9

Dinkytown, Minneapolis, MN.

Standing still

Como Park, St. Paul, MN.

Tropical encounter

Not so much from the outside, as the morning was crazy windy and on the chillier side of the thermometer, but inside the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, it’s always summer as you stroll through a half acre of sundry vegetation.

Puddle

Found this in Como Park one morning after a rain the previous night. I had no idea what kind of plant it was, but lucky for me, Mrs. Twin Cities Seen is down with the identifying of the vegetation, and said, "That's a sedum, you knucklehead".

Positively 4th Street

Crossing over in Dinkytown.

Sky/Dive

Chippewa River, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Wall and vine

Dinkytown. Minneapolis, MN.

Stragglers

Smith Hall, University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus.

Follow me down

Mississippi River, Minneapolis.

Crying gets the sad out of you

Graffiti, North Minneapolis.

Everything is melting

Weird door down a weird alley, up a weird flight of steps in downtown St. Paul. Yeah, THAT door! You know which one I mean!

River/Road

Chippewa River and Eau Claire College campus, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

3rd Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN.