Gold Medal Park, Minneapolis

Now see these:

• F.B.I. Artiste: 1938 from Shorpy
• Hougton 2009 from Mystery Me Photos
• ??????? (In a certain clear day) from Million-Year Picnic
• santarchy! from the narrative

Gold Medal Park, Minneapolis

Now see these:

• the travelling trees from myphotosquare
• Winter Landscape from Tristan Campbell
• untitled from rebecca
• Hanging Bonnet, Sisters’ House from A Walk Through Durham Township

Gold Medal Park, Minneapolis

Now see these:

• Herbie Flyers from Andy Smith-Petersen
• Evening stroll from Aperture First
• Conversation from a view from the 6oh lens

Put down your shopping bags this Thanksgiving weekend and climb aboard the Holly Trolley, a special run of the Como-Harriet Streetcar feature Santa Claus, carolers, hot cider, and plenty of Christmas cheer!

The trolley runs from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday (no concession stand this day), Saturday, and Sunday, November 27 to 29 and Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6.

The Como-Harriet Streetcar Line, operated by the Minnesota Streetcar Museum, operates three historic Minnesota streetcars. The Holly Trolley, decorated in lovely garlands and wreaths and featuring Santa Claus, leaves from the Linden Hills Station, Queen Avenue South and West 42nd Street, on the west side of Lake Harriet. It’s a charming reminder of the days when Minneapolis and St. Paul had one of the most extensive streetcar systems in the country.

For complete details, including directions and fare information, please visit the Museum online.

Do note that the line runs as weather permits; the Museum has done a great job restoring the cars and tracks to their full glory, but they don’t have the resources to keep them clear of snow and ice the way the proud workers of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company did before 1954.

And I had a dream it blows the autumn through my head
It felt like the first day of school
But I was going to the moon instead
And I walked down the hall
With the notebooks they got for me
My dad led me through the house
My mom drank instant coffee
And I knew that I would crash
But I didn’t want to tell them
There are just some moments when your family makes sense

Dar Williams, “End of the Summer”

School and work start tomorrow; it’s hard not to feel a little melancholy about summer’s end.

Bastille Day, Barbette, Minneapolis

Bastille Day, Barbette, Minneapolis

Abandoned manhole, Mississippi River

Abandoned manhole, Mississippi River

Abandoned manhole, Mississippi River

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Storm water pipe, Mississippi River

Storm water pipe, Mississippi River

Storm water pipe, Mississippi River

Storm water pipe, Mississippi River

Milwaukee Avenue, Minneapolis

Milwaukee Avenue, Minneapolis, MN

Milwaukee Avenue, Minneapolis.

Now see these:

• 4 temps from Elaine
• Inside Bryce from Perspective Images
• at the old royal navy college in Greenwich from rion.nu
• Sushi Ho from Hmmm
• untitled from Vladimir Leiman

Milwaukee Avenue, Minneapolis

From the museum cases at the Foshay Tower: Laurie Anders, star of the Western variety show “The Ken Murray Show,” when she served as the Aquatennial Grand Marshal in 1951; her co-star Bob Gross appears with her. I was intrigued with this picture when I first ran across it in 2004; no names were provided, though the location was obvious. A story came out of it, though not the real story, of course.

Now see these:

• Doors, Rt 1 Plaza from Andy Smith-Petersen
• Summit mushroom from Aperture First
• Lazy sunday in Montefortino from aan de dijk