Well, I moved all my pictures here from blogger – a few of the thumbnails that appear in the posts are messed up, but if you click on them, you will go to the larger, uncorrupted image. Sorry about that! More more more changes on the way… but all dependent on free time and learning curve!
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Some more Project Spectrum images from my neighborhood – today’s theme is art.
The elementary school on the next block has some very cool small mosaics on the pillars of the playground fence…
…as well as around the top edge of these freshly painted primary planters:
A mural at Saint Sabrina’s Parlor in Purgatory, one-stop shopping for all of your tattoo and body piercing needs:
A stunning mosaic inspired by van Gogh’s Starry Night on the alley side of Muddy Waters – it includes mirrored tiles:
Um, really, I have no idea what’s up with this giant puppet outside of Arise! Bookstore… oh, ok, now that I peeked at their website, I think they had this puppet in the Mayday Parade. It maybe looked a little less startling in the parade than sitting outside the bookstore on Lyndale Avenue!
Back at ye olde condo, Chaos looks pleased that he might have faked you all out about eating TRT.
“Hee hee!”
Ok, that’s a deeply freaky puppet! Those murals are fantastic, especially the mosaics. Chaos looks great, as usual. 🙂
I love the street art! I like to just wander around with my camera sometimes and snap photos of random acts of public art too. Chaos, I never believed you ate that fish. You’re too soft-hearted to ever actually eat the TRT.
I *love* the mosaics. So, so beautiful, especially the ‘Starry Night’ one.
Wow – Minneapolis sure is nice! I love seeing all the pictures of the local sights. Even with a cousin that lives there, I never realized how pretty it is, I always picture vast, frozen, white space when I think of Minnesota.
You’re making it awful hard to hate the city just because the Twins swept the Sox…
What an interesting neighborhood!
How very cool! I absolutely love the mosaic – and it is one of my goals to put up a (legal) mural somewhere in my life 😮 That puppet is freaky! I guess it must draw a lot of attention though. ;o
Such interesting views of Minneapolis – and in all the corners and places we wouldn’t think to look usually too, which is the best part 🙂
You sure are having graet picture taking weather there too.
That is one scary puppet. Freeky! Otherwise, nice photos!
I drove my Arise the other day (maybe even after we got together) and saw that puppet and it is a bit startling. It’s cool, though!
I love the murals and mosaics, that puppet is scarey looking. Great pictures. Chaos looks good too.
What fantastic art! I’m especially fond of mosaics. Thanks for sharing!
I found you! Great blue stuff. I love the mosaic.
Wow – cool art, and I love that mosaic, but, that puppet! – he’s the stuff of nightmares!
Starry Starry Night is awesome, but that puppet is way freaky.
Don’t you just hate learning curves??? I just want it all to work NOW—and read my mind (teehee).
Love the tiles!
I love the mosaics. I hope you’re happier with your new blog. I’ve been thinking of switching to something else but am afraid of the work.
Wow.. it must be nice to live in a place so surrounded by awesome artwork. I agree that the puppet is way scary.. but the other murals are gorgeous! I would love to have that Starry Night one in my house! I would love to live IN Atlanta instead of on the outskirts but my husband HATES cities with a passion.
I love the Starry Night mosaic but you can keep the puppet – way too scary.
I’m going to take the plunge at the weekend and import my photos from Blogger too. I figure that it should be ok as I still have my originals.
Must.leave.Chanhassen.comfort.zone.
Great pictures! I love the mosaics but I think the puppet is going to scare the customers away. 🙂
Freaky puppet. In a serious way. Arm all hanging there, waiting to knock you down as you go past.
Nope, I prefer the Chicago Cows myself.
ohhh that mural in someones back yard is fantastic!
Great pics!
We have St. Sabina here in Chicago, but she has no piercings, although I here that might be pretty popular in Opus Dei…
(BTW – in Chi, also, puppets are not allowed to be such ginourmous F.R.E.A.K.A.Z.O.I.D.S !!! what up?)
Found your blog via limedragon.com. Love it! My kitties salute your kitty. That Starry Night mosaic is to die for. I want one.
Love your Mpls pictures; can you tell I’m a St. Paulite? I rarely get to the other side of the river now that I don’t go to the U anymore. : )
PS–just noticed the name of your blog theme… cool!
You always have the best photos! What fabulous art.
I never saw that ‘starry night’ mosaic, *very* cool!
I think your pic of the mural at SSPiP is better than the real thing! 🙂
Random Note: The Pirate got his ear pierced by the owner of the chain at the Dinkytown store (I think that one is gone now). Shadrack (sp?) is an *extremely* colorful young man in every sense of the word (hee), very charming… although I’m not sure that Scott appreciated being told how agonizing the bone marrow harvesting process is in quite such emphatic terms by a guy who so obviously doesn’t generally mind being punctured (at the time he was being scheduled for donation, although it turned out that there was a better match and the harvesting was cancelled for the Pirate)!
Welcome to your new digs! I went away for a week and everything changed. Well, except for the sock-knitting and gratuitious Chaos pics…