Monday

Tiled entryway floor with number 3004 in it, plus snow in the foreground

3004 Days of Winter

3004 Days … or so it seems. Photo: Helen Miller

Green neon sign with engine-shaped smiley and words KEEP YOUR ENGINE HAPPY

A WARM Engine Is A HAPPY Engine

Starr Automotive adds a cheery grin on these cold and snowy winter days.

Photo: Helen Miller

Two dogs running forwards on snow

Snow Buddies

Sunny 10° feels warm enough for the dog park.

oak boughs against a blue sky with some clouds

Budding hope

Oak tree in morning light. Photo: Dave MacCallum

two women and three children on a large playground teeter totter

Ladies and Babies

…with at least one declaring it a No Coats Day. Photo: Helen Miller

old stuffed couch and sofa next to sidewalk with mural on building in background

Spring Cleaning

Curbside eye candy for this upholsterer. Photo: Helen Miller

looking across an empty street intersection to a Dairy Queen building with a few people and puffy white clouds overhead

Cumulo-DQ

Clouds float above Dairy Queen like soft serve… Photo: Helen Miller

store window with globes stuffed monkey on an old suitcase surrounded by small knickknacks with racks of clothing in the background

Time Bomb Moves

Vintage dealers assembling their new shop on East Lake Street… Photo: Helen Miller

Rainy residential street with blurry drops on camera lens

First Tinge of Color

Going to be a very pretty block in a few days… Photo: Helen Miller

grass umbrellas blowing in the wind against a blue sky and green trees

Seemingly Tropical

Grass umbrellas on Hi-Lo’s patio doing a hula… Photo: Helen Miller

oval cactus leaves along a sidewalk hedge of thick green plantings

Crop of Cactus

Wonders never cease in Minnesota… Photo: Helen Miller

stack of rough wooden boards

Tree Work

Arborist neighbor stacked these massive cuts… Photo: Helen Miller

closeup of German Shepherd dog with snout near a tiny fairy on a swing over a hosta plant.

Fairy? What Fairy?

Some will see them…others will not! Photo: Helen Miller

bright light green desk and chair in sun next to a white garage in shade

Alley Fruit

Not the only fruit down this alley… Photo: Helen Miller

orange daylily petals scattered on a wet pavement in the rain

Daylily under Deluge

Blossom caught in evening rainstorm. Photo: Helen Miller

hand reaching into picture to pick a red berry under large green leaves

Raspberry Season

Always a better one way back there. Photo: Helen Miller

Bright red fully bloomed zinnia with yellow pistil

Beautiful Zinnias

Zinnias are looking as beautiful as ever. Photo: Nancy Schauff

looking up a trapezoidal cement spire with blue light at the top illuminating a wood paneled ceiling

Celestial View

Inside chapel spire at new Minnehaha Academy building… Photo: Dave MacCallum

green perennial garden plants with mulch between a wooden fence and lawn

Rain Garden

Newly planted rain garden in a backyard. Photo: Hillary Oppmann

On stage is a woman clogging, a man fiddling, a woman on bass, and a man on guitar, with a banner in the background for Minnehaha Falls "Laughing Waters" Bluegrass Festival

Pickin’ & Cloggin’

Pride of the Prairie at Laughing Waters Bluegrass Festival… Photo: David Skarjune

nighttime street scene of a lit-up storefront with a large bright sign reading TOWN TALK DINER

Talk of the Town

This historic diner opened with 15 seats in 1946… Photo: Brian Donahue

One young man in T-shirt and shorts runs with a frisbee ready to throw while three other players run to follow

Disc It

Fast running pickup game of Ultimate Frisbee… Photo: David Skarjune

Several photographers facing sideways in a garden surrounded by a bridck-paved walkway

Proper Send Off

Photographing butterflies and birds before they migrate… Photo Credit: Robin Lietz

loading door on building with a mural of two eyes in black and white

Inked Eyes

Mural face on garage door at 555 Studios… Photo: Robin Lietz

Paper-thin green pods glow in bright sunlight on a lush green plant

Where’s the Party?

Chinese lanterns still green and hiding underneath vegetation… Photo: Michele Jansen

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