To order a copy of any of our beautiful annual coffee table photo books, please visit: Powderhorn365, The Books.
"Sprinkle a Little Compost" Today was one of those days that I am extra-glad to be included in this project. On Chicago Ave near 34th St. a group of Powderhorn community residents broke ground for a new community garden (as yet to be named). It is in the lot beside the new South City Cafe. It was difficult to choose a photo for the day. Check out the new garden sometime this summer. You can also read all about it in the Free Speech Zone of the Daily Planet. Kathleen Sullivan wrote an excellent, bi-lingual, piece on the project.
"Ella, Ima, Alex and Kristen" Good neighbors and friends hanging out on a gorgeous Spring day. Alex is a Community Activist and avid Gardener and Kristen is a Printmaker making her living as a painter of the interiors and exteriors of homes. I've seen her painting work and it is very good. Kristen Bohley Interior and Exterior Painter 612-360-3601
"Book release!" Hot off the press and available for purchase is Powderhorn365: 2009, Volume 1. The site's creator and director Amy Wurdock writes in her introduction: "It is no secret that I love our neighborhood. No person who dares mention the concept of 'neighborhood' is safe from my exuberant diatribes on the subject. Yet, no matter how much I wave my hands, beat my fists, or jump up and down, I am constantly frustrated by my inability to adequately describe the beauty and community and personalities that make this place so special." She called on six photographers and herself to take a photo a week for year 2009, aided by guest photographers, to show the many facets of Powderhorn neighborhood. Each day's photo is included this collection (thus, 365 days in the year). In light of recent media focus on problems in south Minneapolis, this is a glimpse of what else happens here and why many of us like city life. Thank you, Amy and Leonie Thomas (HECUA intern and book co-editor and designer), for making this book happen. For the book, go to Blurb Books. See also 2-24-10 photo of Leonie, as well as Amy's and Leonie's profiles and photos they have contributed to P-365 website.