powderhorn park turtle

yay! i "saved" a turtle that was hangin' out on 31st just north of poho park.

not sure what it was doing so far away from the lake, but figured the grass in the park would be better than the road so i moved it. (there wasn't any mowing going on, or anything.

not sure what kind of turtle it is, but the person i was with speculated that it was a snapping turtle. it DID seem awfully bitey...

i think its trying to bite me is just its way of saying thanks!

you're welcome!

minneapolis bridge to nowhere

in honor of alaska's fav grampa felon ted stevens hangin' in there, here's a photo of some old train bridges that are parked along the bike trail near hwy 100.

burn fat not oil

was up in seward, and among the MANY "lefty" yard signs, i noticed this one that NOBODY should disagree with...

more bike rack probs

the "note" says "not a bike rack".

maybe not, but it IS a nice sturdy pole at the ivy building.

oh, and the obama sign from a few days ago has vanished...

tall bike

snapped this while headed downtown on the train...



i think it'd be so super cool to ride one, but i would undoubtedly kill myself by falling right off, or from not being able to stop.

bike rack jackass

is this like the equivalent of those dicks who have to park there "awesome" car diagonally in a parking lot resulting in 2 (or more) spots being taken. seriously this dude (it's gotta be a dude) is taking up like at least FIVE spots.

actually much ado about nothing, since the other rack had only 1 bike on it as well. parked correctly, i might ad.

lake/hiawatha rainbow.

left behind

didn't venture out today, but here's a picture that i snapped friday night of a bike wheel locked to the rack near the federal reserve...

was there some sort of bike "rapture" that i hadn't heard about that left this "naughty" wheel behind? or i 'spose it's more likely that the bike's owner just forgot about the quick-release thing, and somebody snatched the rest of the bike. yeah, prob the 2nd one...

idiotic

so on my way back from here...


i noticed this...

seriously...

it had been raining on & off all day, but the sprinklers still had to come on to water the grass at that newish office building on hiawatha by the bike bridge.

a terrible waste of water in the 1st place, but also many of the things were out of whack, and one was totally spraying into the parking lot. dumb.

rock turtle and target barf

rock that's painted to look like a turtle in slp on the bike path in the "cobblecrest neighborhood":

barf by the bike rack at the target in slp by 169:

kinda weird, cuz i was eating a banana when i snapped this, and i knew somebody who hates bananas cuz they reminded her of the barf cover-up stuff from her old school.

rats!

so this is actually the "august 20th" post...

there are these rat traps like every 20 feet behind the nestle plant in st louis park (?). the cedar lake bike trail goes right behind the building, and thankfully i have yet to see any of the "little buddies". not sure about heading passed there after dark, tho. YIKES!!

the birds are cute, but maybe a rat's nest would be more appropriate... (not at all disparaging any fine nestle products, which i'm sure are all of the highest quality, and absolutely delish)

late night train

had to stop for this train while biking up 27th late tonight.

see that stop sign? that's for bikers on the greenway. from my experience, it must be too small for most of them to see.

tagged and bagged

i noticed this tagging on wednesday, and THAT actually is what kinda put in my mind to do a photo blog thing.

i'm of two minds re: tagging. 1 - public sorta property like underpasses, bridges, telephone poles, shit like are things that i guess i don't really have a prob with people leaving their marks on. oh, and train cars too, cuz some of that shit is v nice. ( i know A LOT of people will disagree with that, but that's just how i feel about it). 2 - personal property, tho, is totally different. those cocksuckers need to leave THAT shit alone. really. just fuck right off. there's NO call for defacing some individual's or group's shit. especially something as benign as a super cool sign at a community garden.

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bonus story:
ended up at the hopkins goodwill, was looking through the books, and wondered how there are 2 random books in sanskrit between danielle steele and joe eszterhas. WEIRD!

also grabbed these skates, but didn't have a backpack or bag with me, and couldn't find a good one at the gw, so did this:

THAT didn't work so well, as i kept smashing my knees into them, so i stopped at the target that's right off the trail in slp (i think), and after almost buying a clearanced "cars" back pack, decided on this large cloth bag thing that was in with the purses. it worked GREAT!