Down Hill From Here

As you turn off Kellogg and turn south onto I believe it's Jackson Street, you're passing the downtown St Paul post office on the left, you'll find an entrance under railroad bridge, through the narrow opening just big enough for vehicles with no room to spare and make your way turning right onto Sheppard Road and left to Warner Road. Deep breath, that was a long sentence. What you cannot see in the photo is the Mississippi River blocked by the rail bridge. The shiny mirrored building was originally a government building, but it is now owned by Comcast Cable company.

Lego's With Size

My son wanted to take a photo while we were at the Mall Of America, this was his submission to the Twin Cities Daily Photo. This is one of the Lego creatures that are all around this area.

Tower Of Power

I've driven past the tower in the distance many times, but only from a distance. I have no idea what tower that is nor it's purpose, but it's always stood out to me. Perhaps one of the local photo bloggers can help me out with the name. This is about as close as I usually get to the tower. It's on my list of things to find and get a better look one day when I have the time. As I'm taking the photo I'm on Highway 280 heading south and I'm about to merge with Interstate 94, the view is to the west.

Go West Young Man

All I can think of when I look at the photo, besides that it's of downtown St Paul as I'm traveling west, is the Red Rubber Ball song. Almost dead center is a large red ball on the billboard for the power ball drawing. I wasn't old enough when the song first came out, but I can still remember listening to my parents 45's of the song when I was a child. I'll have to click the photo to make it large enough to see the red ball.

Have You Ever Seen Rain Coming Down On A Sunny Day

I couple of week ago, we had this quick storm pass through the neighborhood and I mean a quick storm. It was raining on one side of the house while sunny as could be on the other. There was just enough rain to get everything completely drenched, but it was hardly enough to measure in rain gage. However, I walked out to the back yard and the sun was shining through the rain drops that were still resting on all of the pine needles. The photo picked up the effect the rain droplets had pretty well, but I wish I would have gotten a closer shot looking back because it was just a tad more brighter than what the photos shows. The trees above were still dripping from their leaves so I was worried the camera would get wet. If you look closely, you can see some rain drops falling from the pine needles.

Sitting On An Angry Chair

Name the song and band that sings the title of this daily post. It's cheating if you google it.

This oversized chair sits at the bottom of the high bridge on the West End neighborhood. It was put in about ten to fifteen years ago. The small park is an art piece of some sort. I've driven by hundreds of times yet I've never stopped to smell the roses and get a good look. It's always been a drive by, so naturally I this photo is a drive by shooting of what I see. Perhaps one of these days I'll stop and see if there is any artist information or why on earth there is a big oversized chair in the art park.

Old Glory

Which Way To Go

One has to know where they are headed before making their way into downtown St Paul. Traveling East on Interstate 94.

Now That Is One High Bridge

The bridge is known as the High Bridge. I guess for the how tall of a bridge it is because the street name across the bridge is Smith Avenue. The bridge crosses the Mississippi River and connects the West End neighborhood to the West Side neighborhood. This is the second bridge in this location. The original bridge was one lane in each direction, no shoulder with a wooden plank walkway down one side. I still recall the day I watched them blow up the old High Bridge as a child.

Mile Stone Post - 100th Daily Photo

I've hit one hundred daily photo posts today. I'm posting a photo from one of my favorite places in the Twin Cities. I've been waiting to post this photo for a couple of weeks now. My second attempt at a night time shot of downtown St Paul on the bluffs of the East Side neighborhood at Mounds Park. I believe the shutter was open for 7 seconds for this photo. It's a tad over exposed, but I like how it all turned out for this pic.

Make sure you stop by my Caption Contest daily photo and enter in your caption for the photo.