It may be an omen of some sort, with the taxes out of my life for another 360 days or so the sun suddenly broke through the overcast. Temperatures were once again much above average and the presence of a strong wind couldn't keep me from heading out.
A southwest wind led me over to the heart of the monster, downtown. I rode all the way up to this new deal. While I was framing the photo a roar of approval emanated from within the walls of the mostly publicly financed stadium. I have since heard that the local team won today's contest in a convincing manner.
The white flowering shrubs come first. Then come the off white. Third up is apparently purple. Plus these have both leaves and blossoms. This bush is in Falcon Heights less than 2 miles from home. Looks like spring, doesn't it?
I got a picture at two different locations and couldn't decide which I liked better. This one is in the Como neighborhood of Saint Paul. This yard is attractive throughout the growing season and I often pause here to admire the foliage. 
I took the suggestion of Variable Resister and went looking for a Smoke on the Water video. Through pure happenstance I suppose YouTube posted this video when I did a search for Smoke. This video is very, very 1968. Manzarek is playing two separate keyboards.Krieger is brilliant, as he always is.
But in keeping with my preoccupation with flowers it occurs to me that Jim looks like some exotic hot house flower. I suspect he is on something, maybe multiple things, but his demeanor suggests to me that this is an organism which cannot possibly long survive in the real world.
And of course, he doesn't.
5 comments:
Morrison is really cooked. Whatever demons he was dueling, he lost.
We'll find his grave in Paris. TT
Outdoor baseball. In April. At some point, that will not seem like such a good idea. Not this year.
Those are some lovely flowering shrubs.
And the baseball stadium is nice too. :)
Your earlier white flowers where a hardy version of Magnolia. These purple ones are PJM Rhododendrons. The stadium looks like some local stone, whose name escapes me. I think my alma mater over on Summit and Cretin is built of the same. Geologists???
jilrubia
Jilrubia - I'm not a geologist but I have been paying very close (some might say obsessive) attention to the construction of the new stadium. It's Kasota limestone, quarried near Mankato.
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