2010
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"Bella" She took a photo of me and my family on the last day of 2010.
"Santa Claus Decided to Stick Around" San Nicolás decidió quedarse.
"Christmas Night on Lake Street" Marisqueria La Que Buena was open for business at Bloomington and Lake, but Silvia's only customer was Santa Claus.
"A New Neighbor" Biiwan (Ojibwa for "blizzard") joined us as one of the newest P-Horn residents during the Great Blizzard of December 2010. Biiwan was born at home and was attended by a nearby P-Horn midwife because the scheduled midwives could not make it through the storm. Welcome Biiwan and thank you for joining us!
"Doors of Powderhorn" The door to this home is not only festive but also welcoming in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of South Minneapolis.
"Clear the hydrants and watch where you park" Firefighters need access to hydrants for water to fight fires. Residents can help clear these areas of snow so the fire hydrants are visible and able to be connected to hoses. Street corners are blocked, making it difficult for people to cross streets easily. The City won't get to these, so neighbors should really help to shovel out access to streets and corners for pedestrians. Some emergency vehicles can't get through the narrowed streets due to almost 1.5 feet of snow last weekend. Some emergency vehicles could not get to homes. Parking will be limited to the odd side of non-snow-emergency streets. On 12/12, a fire truck got stuck in the 3600 block of Elliot, and another had to be dispatched. Two people died in the burning house, one identified as 78-year-old Mary Frances Rowe, who lived there for more than 50 years. It's not certain whether the delay caused their deaths, but the city won't take any chances with narrow roadways.
"Adrift in a sea of snow"
"Lily Becomes a Teenager!"
"You Are Invited...!" This Thursday play group is showing our Powderhorn365 invitation for a gallery exhibit at the Vine Arts Center at 2637 27th Avenue South in Minneapolis. The opening reception (with refreshments) is Saturday, January 8, 2011, from 7 to 10 p.m., and the public is invited. We will have a timeline with all 365 photos for this year, as well as some framed work and a slide show. We will also be taking orders for our upcoming book of 2010 photographs, as well as for our first volume with 2009 photographs. The exhibit can also be viewed Mondays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It ends February 5. See a closeup of the invitation at www.vineartscenter.org/p365. This is my last photo as a 2010 weekly photographer. The experience has been indescribable, like nothing I've ever done. My thanks to Amy (second adult from left on bottom row) for her leadership and new-found friendship and to Christi Williams (last adult on right on bottom row) for her support of our events for this year and for having all these fun-loving people at her house today.
"Act Your Age"
"Mo in the Snow"
Longing for Light; Buscando la Luz Light is hard to come by in the north on the winter solstice. Hard to believe this is officially the first day of winter! We turn indoors for warmth of heart and home. La luz es difícil de encontrar en el norte en el solsticio del invierno. Es difícil creer que este es oficialmente el primer día del invierno! Hay que buscar dentro de la casa para el calor del corazón y de la familia.
"Reflection" Dear Powderhorn, This may not be an original self-portrait. Many photographers have shots of themselves in the mirror with their camera to their eye. However, given that this is my last photo as a Powderhorn365 core photographer (hopefully, I'll be asked to guest in 2011), a photo of my reflection is appropriate subject matter. This has been an amazing year for me. I have stretched myself as a photographer; and learned more about the art form, and more about the Powderhorn neighborhood (both its people and its nature). Each Saturday I went out without a clue as to what images I would come home with. I hope that the photos look effortless, because most of the time the effort was in patiently searching for a subject. I became a story teller whose medium was images. The storyteller should sometimes be the subject. In gratitude, Sue
"The Foreclosure Epidemic Remains"
"Windswept" Approximately 20" of snow was painfully shoveled away by hand and then quickly swept by the wind on this stretch of sidewalk in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood today.
"December Tangerine" On a cold snowy day scenes like this make me happy for colorful neighbors...
"The Tables Turned or I Heart Self-Timer" An end of the year self-portrait of the 2010 Wednesday P-Horn365er.
"Over and Out" "You don't take a photograph, you make it." --Ansel Adams
"Zora" Zora was crawling through this tunnel at Thursday play group today at the Powderhorn Park Building. There are many different things for children and parents to do, with all sorts of toys and equipment for physical and creative activity. There is some concern that funding for this program will be eliminated since there have been threats of drastic cuts to the City of Minneapolis park funds.
"more snow" It may not have produced 17 inches of snow, but the day before the winter solstice brought another couple of inches of driving snow.
"A Rare Smile from Mike at Vintage Music Company" Mike has worked at Vintage Music Company since they moved from East Lake Street about 13 years ago. Here he is fixing an older Dual turntable. "They were the Rolls Royces of turntables in their time." 1820 East 38th Street Minneapolis, MN 55407 (612) 729-8929
"Amigos Viejos" Longtime friends, reunited for the holidays. Amigos viejos, reunidos para la Navidad.
"Out in the Blizzard of 2010" On a day when Minneapolis called a no travel advisory, this Powderhorn resident walked the street to get where he needed to go at around 8 a.m.
"Clearing of the snow"
