Teresa Boardman

Here in Minnesota we have seasons. They occur every year not matter what. Enjoying the seasons is free. Recession proof and depression proof. Most of the best things in life can't be bought, but you already new that. This year is no different. Well I guess it is different in some ways but I really don't want to write about it just now. I guess I could but I just used up my 50 words and so any more words would not make a difference.

Sugar maple.

The old Oak trees in Oakland cemetery, a great place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there.

The walking paths along the Mississippi River - Upperlanding park -

My neighbors fence, I almost never hit it when I back out of my drive.

The Republican National Convention starts tomorrow. There isn't a lot of real estate being sold this weekend and I have listings that are inside the safety zone and will be unavailable to show during the convention. I live about 1/2 a mile from the main event. I have been giving directions to lost Republicans as I walk down the street with my camera. Here are some of the photos I have taken in the last day or so.

Either a reporter or the CIA, lurking in front of a local resturant

Law enforcement are every where. They seem to travel in groups of 4 and they rented all of these nifty green jeeps.

This was the Xcel Center yesterday. I couldn't get nearly as close today.

Local antique shop, has a sign that says: "look political display".

Roads and sidewalks are blocked off. There have been protests, and some arrests. There will be some larger protests after the convention starts.

Photo taken through the fence. CNN is to the right. They have taken over the Eagle Grill and remnamed it the CNN Grill. The sign in the window says "CNN Brew since 2008"

Local buisinesses in the immediate area are getting some good traffic. We all hope that convention attendees will tip well.

Have a great labor day!

Here in St. Paul we have many large and small city parks. I am finding wildflowers in them and started taking pictures of them. I ended up with so many pictures that I started a Minnesota wildflower blog. When I find pictures of flowers online often they are not labeled, or if they are they are labeled with the wrong name or simply called "yellow flower". I ended up buying a book about local wildflowers so that I can identify more of them. I found some resources on the Internet for identifying flowers and included links in the sidebar of my blog.

The Minnesota wildflower blog is just a way of publishing and labeling the photos. I noticed that it started getting traffic from google immediately. The traffic is coming from people like me who are trying to identify flowers. The blog is just a hobby and more of a web site than a blog. When I have a picture I post.

Blue Vervain

Black eyed susan

Butterfly weed

Most cities have zoo's. I don't go very often but last week my neice and nephew were visiting so I took them to como park zoo just for the heck of it. I can't remember what it is they were fighting about but it seemed like they had a good time, but they did get on aunties last nerves when they started arguing about who started arguing. I guess my kids did that too. We have a very nice Zoo and this summer there is a wonderful butterfly exhibit. I am going to go back alone as soon as I get the chance and take more pictures.

Want to see more of St. Paul, MN? visit my photo albums on the St. Paul Real Estate Blog.

Quiet down along the river. Too early in the season for those wonderful moon light cruises.

The Ordway is packed.

There is a Minnesota Wild game going on at the Xcel center and a large roof top tail gate party on the parking ramp.

The local bars in and around downtown are packed.

Fun to walk around on a Saturday night and take pictures. Now that the weather is warmer the streets are full of activity again.