Dusty Lens - North Metro and Beyond

Thistle While You Work

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:30:00 +0000

Prickly, take care on the curves of the bicycle path at Elm Creek Park Reserve. Otherwise you're in a world of hurt.

Yesterday, Alleen Brown wrote an article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Life section. The article is called "A Day in the Life: Who is Minnesota?".

Thanks to Alleen for this article and bringing attention to fellow bloggers.
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Light Stand

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:03:00 +0000

Downtown Minneapolis is filled with repeating patterns and textures.

Moody Blue

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:30:00 +0000

Nothing like a sunset to end a hectic week.

Blue Line

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:31:00 +0000

LED lighting illuminating the new 35W bridge.

Late Autumn

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:09:00 +0000

This evening, I have a date with a rake. The downside of autumn is yard cleanup.

1965

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:45:00 +0000

That is a long time to sit in one place and not move an inch.

View from the 10th Avenue Bridge

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:04:00 +0000

Blacktop Ribbon

Downtown Minneapolis and the 10th Ave. bridge over the Mississippi River as seen from the Northern Pacific Bridge No. 9 walking bridge.

10th Avenue Freeze Out
Bruce Springsteen and the E street Band

Minneapolis Gothic

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:03:00 +0000

Minneapolis City Hall and Hennepin County Courthouse

Monochrome weekly

Logarithm

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:03:00 +0000

An important feature of logarithms is that they reduce multiplication to addition, by the formula: log(xy) = log x + log y ...

I prefer the simple rhythm of this log in the woods.

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Daylight Savings Time ends!

Remember to set your clocks, we are now back on Standard Time. Don't forget to change the batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors as well.

Today, we end this silliness of Daylight Savings Time and I wish we would simply let time alone without interfering. As I see it, the only real objective to switching time each spring and fall is to exercise our digital clock time changing skills. Though the home computer may be automatic, we must contend with the various VCR's, (for those of us still using the electronics of the 1980's), clock radios, wrist watches, pocket watches, thermostats, microwaves, stoves, coffee makers, water softeners and countless other electronic gadgets that keep time.

Heck, I just checked my water softener and I am still on Standard Time from last year. Inevitably, the clock in our vehicles will no doubt remain unchanged until sometime in January.

But we're all in this together. Today we all run around trying frantically to change the blasted time in the multitude of digital clocks in our homes. And quite possibly consulting the owner's manuals to try and figure out just how to change the blasted time on the affected appliance. I suggest the coffee maker first. We're going to need plenty of caffeine to figure all this out.

Good luck, we'll need it! Maybe next year we will put an end this time changing nonsense.

Crystal Blue

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:42:00 +0000

Wandering around downtown Minneapolis can produce some interesting buildingscapes.

Eyeburn

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:41:00 +0000

Autumn can be glorious in perfect weather, or miserable with mist and rain. This day, we enjoyed a picture perfect day; the sun shone so bright, the colors saturated themselves and burned our eyes.

Sud Kessel

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:41:00 +0000

Copper Kettle
The second oldest family-owned brewery in America is the Schells Brewery in new Ulm Minnesota

Indecision

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:41:00 +0000

Going downhill?

Taking too long to make a decision is not always the best approach.

The Long & Winding Road

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000

There's nothing like the feel of the wind rushing through your hair. Or the heat of the sun bleaching the gray into a silvery fox color. That's why I bought a bike. No, not a Harley Davidson, though I wish I had one. I'm talking about my bicycle. Zipping up and down the hills of Elm Creek approaching the hairpin curves in the woods. I hit the brakes hard and skidded to a stop. Twice I did this to capture the curving path through the woods.

Follow the Leader

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000

Nothing like following along blindly.

U of M Construction

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:09:00 +0000

Construction is booming at University of Minnesota.

Open Spaces

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:09:00 +0000

Autumn falls into the wide open spaces of Elm Creek Park Reserve.

Perforation Set

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:09:00 +0000

Tables are set for the lunch rush on the Nicollet Mall.

Dawnrise

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:06:00 +0000

Early morning at the Coon Rapids Dam

Contrasts

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:31:00 +0000

Contrasts of this doorway scene on Nicollet Mall caught my eye. First of all, we have the contrasts of colors. The hard bold colors of black and gold with the softer tones of blue and white. But what I really found interesting was a tequila bar next to a wedding dress shop. I'm picturing shell shocked grooms knocking down a tequila shot after bearing witness to the price of the bride's dress. Or, the bride in need of a good tequila shot to get through the whole process.

Complimenting White

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:39:00 +0000

Pod seed explosion

Frost, not snow. Although snow will soon accumulate.

Rocks and White Cloud

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:04:00 +0000

From the east end of Lake Vermilion

Broke Back Boat

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:08:00 +0000

Deep in the Elm Creek Park Reserve near a small lake lies an old boat. It was last registered in 1984. I'm not sure what happened to it since, but it is apparant it is no longer seaworthy.

The little Cedar Tree

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:05:00 +0000

The little cedar tree clings to the rocky shore of Lake Vermilion. Wind and ice have all but stunted this tree to the height of a shrub.

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Morning on the Mall

MNDustyLens@gmail.com (Rob (Mr DL)) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:09:00 +0000

Before the snow fell, we all enjoyed a bright and cheery morning on the Nicollet Mall.