Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow’s daily photos of Minneapolis and the Twin Cities.

This angle includes the full span-so-far of the soon-to-be mighty St. Anthony Bridge. It’s difficult to capture the immensity of this project. Maybe I’ll get back down there and take some shots from below. The size of everything there is impressive, big cranes, trucks & parts.

Check back tomorrow to see my favorite photo of the bridge construction workers.

Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow’s daily photos of Minneapolis and the Twin Cities.

Matt and I went down to the St. Anthony Bridge construction site to take pictures on Sunday. It’s amazing to see them working on this monstrosity. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Matt heard that they took four hours off for Christmas and one and a half for New Years. I have some close-ups of the guys working on it taken with the 200-500mm Tamron that I will show you later in the week.

Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow’s daily photos of Minneapolis and the Twin Cities.

Behind the scenes at MRDI. Production for Lake Pointe Chiropractic & Wellness.

My friend Jack sent this video to me. It’s worth watching, really. He’s in it. You can see him at 2:06, wearing a black cowboy hat on the right. But that’s besides the point.

It’s been a long week for me and this morning I didn’t feel like posting a picture or working on the blog. I’ve been falling behind and loosing interest. What’s it for? Why am I doing this? There is so much I must do and I’m building five websites at the same time right now (today’s pic is from one of them), so why am I blogging every damn day?

Then Jack sent me this video and I realized that I’m in the dance. This video is so beautiful. I makes me realize that all the photo bloggers around the world that I share the daily photo project with are all out there dancing. We aren’t dancing for each other, we aren’t dancing for ourselves — nobody is paying us, nobody might see us, there is no promise at the end, no golden ticket, but we dance. That’s why. Simply for the joy of the dance.

So smile, dance a little and remember that we are all in this together.

Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow’s daily photos of Minneapolis and the Twin Cities.

Where did all that rain come from? Here’s a photo of one of the big storms as it rolled by to the south.

Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow’s daily photos of Minneapolis and the Twin Cities.

I stopped in the Wisconsin Dells on my way back across Wisconsin this weekend. As you may know, the damn broke and the whole lake washed down river last week. This photo was taken near the stream that feeds the lake. There is some water coming back in, but as you can see from the dock and the boat lying on the ground, the lake is gone. The water is only a few inches deep, just puddles caught in the sand. I walked out on the boat landing and jumped down to the lake bottom to take this picture.

More Lake Delton photos tomorrow!

Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow’s daily photos of Minneapolis and the Twin Cities.

Just got back from visiting my parents in Kenosha, Wisconsin. I’m running behind today, so you get to enjoy a backup photo of my lagoon. One block from my home is this lagoon between Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles. I think the lillypads are new this year.

Stay tuned! I came back through the Wisconsin Dells area and took photos of the great missing Lake Delton; I even walked on the bottom of the lake. Last week, the damn collapsed and the whole lake washed down river leaving a mucky whole in the middle of a summer resort town — very tragic for the people and businesses there.

I suggest they change the name the Delton Dry Lake, like Groom Dry Lake. It might draw a new, if interesting crowd. If you don’t know where or what Groom Dry Lake is, you probably sleep at night.

Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow’s daily photos of Minneapolis and the Twin Cities.

Back to the birds! My cousin Jenny and I were out stalking this Eagle and it’s mate. They’ve built a nest in the back of an industrial park in Northern St. Paul. We had fun taking pictures of this lovely if noisy couple. I have to confess, I can’t tell a male bald eagle from a female. Their genders seem as similar as geese. I guess it’s a good thing I’m not an eagle eh?