Archive for September 2009

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Coal, Cement, Tile: Phone 2894

This is the door from an old model "T" truck, not only does it have a four-digit phone number on it, you can see, beneath the faded paint: a three-digit number that was painted over! This week's series: "close-ups from the pioneer village" continues, I'll show you the whole truck Saturday.

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Letters

How can a typographer pass up a photo like this? Shooting this  sun-damaged letterbox with an f1/1.4 fit me to a "T" and serves as a starting point for this week's series: "close-ups from the pioneer village."

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Sinclair Dinosaur Crossing Sign

Hard Shadows, crooked road

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Standard Station, Nowhere, MN

The only guy around here with a job is the mower.

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3 Pumps for Hump Day

Thee gas pumps stand guard over the old station at the Log House Pioneer Village. This is where I realized that the place was too clean. A building like this should be surrounded with weeds and have a few rusting hulks 'round back. The gang and I are planning some excursions to find ghost towns around the area. If you are interested to joining us for an adventure, or have some suggestions of locations to check out, let me know.

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Thing: Outstanding in Its Field

Don't you just love the colors of summer? So rich, so saturated, so green. I just want to sink my bare toes into the grass, flop down and watch the clouds. I imagine this thing to be a custom-made device who's sole purpose was to move this ordinary-looking but highly-valuable rock. The creator and his team of laborers struggled across the open prairie, fighting the elements and fleeing the forces of evil, hot on their heals. This was their last stand, like little big-horn, they were outnumbered and lost. The pursuers claimed all their worldly possessions except the rock and the machine. So alas, until this day, the rusting hulk and the cleverly-disguised 1700-pound gold boulder remain ignored by all but the man who must mow around it every Tuesday. Some day, after a long, hard-drinking three-day weekend, he'll clip it with the mower and the truth will be exposed; let's hope he survives his relatives.

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Prairie Grain Elevator - Pioneer Series

It's Monday and time for another series! This grain elevator and the following days' images are from the Log House Pioneer Village. A very interesting place discovered by my friend & fellow blogger Dan. — more about that place as the series unfolds. As much as I enjoy the rolling hardwood forest lands of Minneapolis, getting out on the flat surrounding plains is a welcome change. I live near the lakes so I can see a good stretch of horizon ever so often but out in these lands you can see for miles. Not as bad as North Dakota, where you can watch your dog run away for a week.

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Ducky Day at the Lake

I think this little guy is actually smiling at me. He and his mom are enjoying the calm waters of the Lagoon between Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles.

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Lake Creature Continued

Created by Cameron Gainer, the Lake Creature at it is known, prowls the great Chain of Lakes which includes Lake Harriet (shown), Lake Calhoun, Lake of the Isles and Cedar lake. The Creature moved over the weekend to the Northern end of Lake of the Isles, just off Franklin Avenue.