Greenway Bridge Construction

Mitchster made the big time, featuring prominently on Page six of the Sunday Life section of today’s Pioneer Press. My photo from Oct 28th is top-center of the page and also on the TwinCities.com website (here). Thanks to Alleen Brown (author of the article in the Pioneer Press) for introducing her readers to my fellow bloggers!

Here are all the other blogs that they excerpt from, both online and in print: My fellow photographer who’s photo is at the top of the twincities.com page: Dusty Lens • St. Paul Real Estate Blog • Debbie Does Duluth • Homes MSP Real Estate Blog.com • Mitchster • Painted Fish Studio • Cheleblog • Pearl, Why You Little… • Anti-Supermom • Strong Towns Blog • Voix de Michèle • What Would Dad Say • Simplicity in the Suburbs • Weapons of Mass Distraction • AncienTrails • Norwegianity • A Heathen’s Day • Twin Cities Naturalist • Sweven Volant • Is That All You’ve Got? • Day in the Life of an Idiot • MN Progressive Project • Café Cyan by Cafe Cyan • One Year of Beauty • Minneapolis Metblogs • You Are dumb • The Deets • Stray Hawkeye • I Was Told There Would Be Bacon • Powderhorn365 • Hockey Wilderness

Sunlight dances across Nine Mile Creek and through the thistles as the Minnesota landscape prepares for winter’s cover.

This leafless red oak and my friend Sam are having a bad hair day.

A sure sign of fall, the vibrant red oaks show their color down in the valley of nine mile creek, Bloomington, MN (just south of Minneapolis, home of the Mall of America).

Did you know that leaves only turn yellow in Europe? I found this out at Riga Daily Photo (see his yellow-leaf photo). A recent discovery has lead scientists to speculate that the red coloring is a defense mechanism. When the green chlorophyll in leaves disappears in fall, the yellow color that was always there becomes visible. The trees that turn red actually go out of their way to do so. It seems that they do it to ward off insects. In Europe, the combination of Ice ages and the barrier of the Alps managed to kill off all the insects that would threaten the trees, so they don’t need to make the effort. For the full explanation, read this article I found At Science Daily: Why More Autumn Leaves Are Red In America And Yellow In Europe: New Theory

My buddy Dan and I ventured to Nine Mile Creek over the weekend. This stick caught a maple leaf and my eye. I scampered to the river’s bank and managed to stop the water mid-crash.

November first brings another theme day for the world’s daily photo bloggers. This month’s theme is “Doorway.” Wouldn’t life be better if you had this door? I mean, seriously, what kind of projects could you get done with a garage door like this, a forklift and a freaking overhead crane. I’ve decided that I want an overhead crane for Christmas… Santa? Click here to view thumbnails for all participants