Go On, You Can Have It

It's a free couch for the taking. I've gotta say, I've never seen a couch thrown up, high on a snow bank with a "free" sign attached to it before. It really stood out to me and thankfully I had my camera by my side.

Published Photo For Twin Cities Daily Photo

One of my co-workers, Todd Swank, aka ShortArmGuy, brought in a newspaper from the Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle in Colorado. A friend of his had seen a photo of him in their newspaper, so he sent him a copy of it. Todd had no idea what photo it was, since he hadn't submitted anything to them before, nor heard of the newspaper. When he got a copy of it and looked at the articles, it turned out to be two photos that I had posted here on Twin Cities Daily Photo back in September of 2007. There was three of us posing after our Fantasy Football draft. Todd brought the newspaper in to show me, since it was one of my photos of him and myself posed in the photo. That's me in the red shirt, Todd is on the right, with another co-worker, Nick, in the center. The second page of the article has the other photo of mine, it's the one of several people gather around a bar during the nights draft.

This particular photo has gotten quite a lot of traction in the search engines for the past couple of years. It's currently number 7 in the Google Image search using the search term Fantasy Football. There is also photos of girls in bikini's if you don't want to see that, don't click the link. Being number 7 on the phrase Fantasy Football is really huge in the world of search engines. I'm sure it lead to my photo being published in the Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle.

  

What Stands Out

There is a lot to look at in this contribution photo from swc. The unique gutters, more specifically the downspouts initially caught my eye, The new paint job on the building on the right and the faded version on the building on the left. Now, one thing I can't quite figure out is the blue door. Why is it painted blue, why is the door there, what is it used for and does it look a bit on the small side? Crazy capture.

Semi Flames

Just one of the many strange things I see during my daily travels. A semi truck with flames painted over the tire rims.

Favre In Vikings Land

I'm on the fence and unsure what to think about Favre in Viking Country....help me out....

Temporary

It's a temporary entrance, but a rather unique snaking tunnel into the emergency entrance of St Joseph's Hospital.

What Is This Sticker?

I've seen this sticker, next to the '7th' in the highway sign, for the past couple of years. I've seen it in the strangest of places, including this sign, but mainly on cars. I for the life of me, do not know what it is a symbol for. For as many times as I've seen this symbol around town, it has to be very popular whatever it is and I'm not in the right age category to know why it is popular. Can you clear up the mystery on what it is?

 

More From The Roof

The view down my neighborhood from my rooftop. This fall, after the leaves drop, I need to return up here for a sunset photo or two. Currently there are too many leaves to see the sun set, but come winter, this may be a good location.

Roof Project - Day 3

Final day of the roof replacement project on my home. A big thank you goes out to my friends that helped me, I couldn't have done it without your help. Finally the end of the project is here. Very tiring work and I certainly wont be quitting my day job to do this kind of work. Very taxing on your body.

Roof Project - Day 2

We've completed day number two of the roof project. It's coming along very well so far. The front side of my home is completely shingled, the backside of my home, plus my porch will be finished up tomorrow afternoon. I'm dead tired, no surprise there.

Roof Project - Day 1

Today I'm posting a "before" photo of the roof of my home. It was in dire need of replacement. Sadly, the shingles are only 15 years old, but they were a "organic" shingle and didn't really last like they claimed. These shingles were on when I purchased my home, so it was out of my hands what was up there. Needless to say, the roof is being replace prematurely.

Today was all about demolition. I took the day off from work to remove the shingles, by myself. I'm sore, I ache, I am tired and my body hurts. I needed to have the shingles removed before all of my help arrives Saturday morning. Everything is coming along fairly well. I have the main part of the house completely removed. All that is left are the shingles on the porch, which is around 280 square feet.

Growth In The City

To me, it was an unusual site to see this ivy plant growing on the top level of this parking garage in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. In reality, the spring growing season at the time time of this photo was about four weeks. I'm curious who this will look come the end of summer....

Happy Valentines Day

I'm going to buck the trend of a traditional Valentines Day themed photo....why, because I have nothing heartsy, lovey dovey, snuggly, sweet, redish, rosy, teddy bearish, lingerish, daring, loverish, warming, sweet or even remotely tinglyish....except for this cutesy little crab I photographed while on vacation a few years back. Enjoy?

The Joys Of Minnesota - 20 Degrees

Dear Al Gore,

Please send the "fever" the Earth has to Minnesota.

Sarcastically yours,

Twin Cities Daily Photo


Screen capture from KSTP.com was the temperature at 4:53 AM, Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Extras At The Car Wash

Just a close up of some of the extras from yesterday's car wash photo.

What Do You See?

Sitting down eating dinner with my family, I looked over my wife of 14 year's shoulder and I see to faces staring back at me. What's even odder about this unplanned photo is how the coffee cups are placed, match the photo of the two upside down coffee cups each one caries. Tell me you don't see a face in each of the cups?

Minnesota, State Of Confusion

My confusion on how Minnesotans vote continues....

Theme Day: Lines

The theme day for October 2008 is 'lines'. I found today's theme day in the City Daily Photo Community to be one of my favorites of all of the theme's I've participated in. When one goes out and specifically looks for 'lines' to photograph, they can be found everywhere! I was looking through my archives and found many examples that I could have easily posted today. I opted for something a bit on the unusual side as I often like to do. If you've stopped by to read the description today, hopefully you're wondering what this is making those lines. Perhaps you have it figured out, perhaps you have an idea what it could be but aren't quite sure, perhaps it's not so clear. Perhaps I'll show you what it is tomorrow.

Stop by the other cities participating in the October Theme Day via the links below this photo. Do remember that there are timezone differences between the other cities. Or you can head over to the portal page to see a thumbnail view of blogs that have posted their 'lines' photo.


Albuquerque (NM), American Fork (UT), Arradon, France, Ashton under Lyne, UK, Aspen (CO), Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand, Austin (TX), Avignon, France, Bandung, Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia, Barrow-in-Furness, UK, Barton (VT), Baziège, France, Belgrade, Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia, Bellefonte (PA), Bicheno, Australia, Birmingham (AL), Bogor, Indonesia, Boston (MA), Boston (MA), Budapest, Hungary, Budapest, Hungary, Budapest, Hungary, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Canterbury, UK, Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa, Cavite, Philippines, Château-Gontier, France, Chateaubriant, France, Chateaubriant, France, Cheltenham, UK, Chennai, India, Coral Gables (FL), Durban, South Africa, Edwardsville (IL), Fort Lauderdale (FL), Franschhoek, South Africa, Geneva (IL), Glasgow, Scotland, Greenville (SC), Grenoble, France, Hamilton, New Zealand, Hangzhou, China, Helsinki, Finland, Hobart, Australia, Honningsvag, Norway, Hyde, UK, Hyde, UK, Islip (NY), Jackson (MS), Jakarta, Indonesia, Jefferson City (MO), Karwar, India, Knoxville (TN), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, La Antigua, Guatemala, Lakewood (OH), Larchmont (NY), Las Vegas (NV), Lisbon, Portugal, Lodz, Poland, London, UK, London, UK, Madrid, Spain, Mainz, Germany, Manila, Philippines, Manila, Philippines, Manila, Philippines, Melbourne, Australia, Menton, France, Mexico City, Mexico, Middletown (MD), Milton, New Zealand, Milwaukee (WI), Minneapolis (MN), Minneapolis (MN), Minneapolis (MN), Molfetta, Italy, Monrovia (CA), Monte Carlo, Monaco, Monterrey, Mexico, Muizenberg, South Africa, Mumbai, India, Mumbai, India, Nelson, New Zealand, New Delhi, India, New York City (NY), New York City (NY), Norwich, UK, Orlando (FL), Paderborn, Germany, Palos Verdes (CA), Paris, France, Paris, France, Pasadena (CA), Pasadena (CA), Pensacola (FL), Petoskey (MI), Philadelphia (PA), Phoenix (AZ), Pilisvörösvár, Hungary, Port Angeles (WA), Prague, Czech Republic, Quezon City, Philippines, Quincy (MA), Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, Ramsey, Isle of Man, Reykjavik, Iceland, Riga, Latvia, Roanoke (VA), Rome, Italy, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Rouen, France, Saarbrücken, Germany, Saigon, Vietnam, Saint Louis (MO), Saint Paul (MN), Salt Lake City (UT), San Antonio (TX), San Diego (CA), San Francisco (CA), San Francisco (CA), Schenectady (NY), Seattle (WA), Seattle (WA), Selma (AL), Sequim (WA), Sesimbra, Portugal, Setúbal, Portugal, Silver Spring (MD), Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Sofia, Bulgaria, South Pasadena (CA), Stanwood (WA), Stayton (OR), Stockholm, Sweden, Sunshine Coast, Australia, Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Australia, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, Tacloban City, Philippines, Tamarindo, Costa Rica, Telluride (CO), Terrell (TX), USA, Terrell (TX), Test City (MA), Torun, Poland, Toulouse, France, Turin, Italy, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Twin Cities (MN), Vienna, Austria, Wailea (HI), Washington (DC), Wellington, New Zealand, West Sacramento (CA), Weston (FL), Willits (CA), Yardley (PA)

Strolling Down The Street

Ummmm, yeah, I can't really think of anything clever to say....what's the first thing that came to your mind when you saw today's photo?

Mystery Item

Any idea what this is? Take a wild guess, you're going to need it....

I Can't Believe Someone Threw Away A Perfectly Good Car

Has something ever caught your eye as you were driving and you had to turn around and go back and see it again? This contribution photo from swc was one of those instances. When I first saw the photos, I was a bit puzzled by it. Looking at what is printed on the side of the roll off box, it is nothing more than advertisement by the publicly funded bus system encouraging you to throw away your car and start using public transportation. Yep, that's my tax dollars paying for that odd, but very eye catching advertisement. I'm curious how much this cost for this setup and is this the only location that is advertising in this manner? Hummm....

 

Poo Removal Mitt

Best of all, the poo pick-up mitt is degradable.

What The Hell Is That?

Yikes, you'll hurt your neck if you look up for a long time at this photo. This is me looking up from the very bottom of the green stairs from my April 22nd photo with all of the naked tree branches reaching out to touch the green stair frame. One thing I noticed about the stairs, the closer one gets to the bottom, the rustier the stairs become as the rain drops really start to work on the metal and old paint trying to cover it. I can tell you this, when the bottom of the stairs finally starts to give way from being so rusty, the tree branches should be long enough to grab and hold the stairs upright.