Hiking in late fall at Afton State Park

Boating on Lake Minnetonka

Canoeing on the St. Croix

Camping at Sibley State Park

Catching up...

North Star Roller Girls roller derby

place holder for 12/5 bout

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

MIA is about 10 blocks from my apartment, and free. What more could you want? So I went today for the 2nd time ever, then went back tonight to get some nighttime photos of the exterior. Lots of cool stuff there, and with a lot of changing exhibits there's always a reason to go back over and over.

This chick is fierce! In a subdued, quiet way I mean. She definitely doesn't take any crap from anyone.

This guy - not so fierce. Nice background but a bit too uptight I think.

This kind of jumped out at me. A giant tongue has that effect on most people.

I thought this was a photograph from a distance (even up close, I guess). However, it's a painting the artist did of himself, using an 8X10 photo (self-portrait, if you will) as his guide. 8X10 inches, that is. I can't even imagine the difficulty in scaling up from that size to the monstrosity this painting is, but he did it and did it well.

And here's the outside - not a great shot but it was raining and I didn't have a tripod, so it will have to do for now. I may go back and get a better shot when the weather is better and I can take more time on it.

More photos are here.