An Awesome View of Life

  Foreground and background...   While waiting in a University of Minnesota dorm parking lot I snapped this photo.  In the foreground is The Weisman Art Museum .  In the middle is The Washington Avenue Bridge  which connects the two campuses of the U of MN which are separated by the Mississippi River.  It has a street for cars and a covered and open walkway for pedestrians.  And in the background is the beautiful Minneapolis city skyline.    

The Final Chapter...   This photo finishes the story from Prospect Park.  This is the Witch's view of the Minneapolis skyline.  That is if she could see through her toes. ha!  The tower observation deck is open annually as part of the Pratt Ice Cream Social - the first Friday evening after Memorial Day.  

The Witch's Hat... Stumbled across this quite by mistake today.  It took a little bit of four wheel driving to get up to the top of the hill due to MORE fresh snow overnight.  After a slippery walk up a bunch of steps and a snowy hill there was the most fabulous view of the beautiful city of Minneapolis.  This landmark is known as the "Witch's Hat".  This water tower was built in 1913 and sits in Prospect Park which is the highest natural spot in the city. With the lamp post in the foreground doesn't this remind you of Narnia -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? 

  (click to enlarge)   Cold View of Downtown Minneapolis...   This morning on my way back from the University of Minnesota I stopped to take this photo.  There is a foot bridge that crosses the Mississippi River between the East and West Bank campuses.  With the temperature somewhere in the negative 7 degree range, I got out of my toasty warm car and walked part way out onto this bridge to get my second shot of the city skyline.  You can't take photos with winter gloves on so -- four shots later I hustled back to my car to get out of the cold. When the weather gets warmer and the landscape gets greener -- I'm sure there will be more skyline photos.