362: Tumbling Downton

via whatisaweek-end on Tumblr

Lovely late-19th century sketch of Highclere Castle, which plays the role of Downton Abbey.

The second season starts airing on PBS's Masterpiece Classic on January 8th! Huzzah!

360: The city of old

Random Tumblr find of the day:

via Robot Cosmonaut on Tumblr

Minneapolis has some nice-looking office towers, but the drive through downtown would be a lot more interesting if the storefronts still looked like this.

358: Yule Log

I can't stream the Yule Log, but I can offer this:

2009.

 From snowless Minnesota to wherever you are, a merry Christmas Eve to you!

357: Festive

So we got an iPad for my grandpa to use as an ereader, so I obviously have to play with the camera.

2011.

'Tis the season.

353: Parapluie

Notre-Dame de Paris, France, 2007.

I feel a little bit like this umbrella today.  Just...blerg.
I don't remember why I decided to shoot this photo, but I do remember standing outside Notre Dame on a very sunny day in Paris and seeing it sitting in the shrubbery.
Pauvre petite parapluie.

351: Macro

2010.

Super-closeup moss stitch.
(Buy these gloves here.)

349: Overhead

2008.

This photo is three years old, but the bare branches look pretty much the same.  Now all we need is some snow.

337: Winter

I wish I had a wintry photo of my own, but I was too busy trying to see through the snow while driving to pull out whatever camera-enabled devices I had on me.  Alas.  Here's one found on the Minneapolis tag on tumblr:

by dmd.hashw on Flickr

336: Chandelier

Semple Mansion, Minneapolis, 2009.

I'm not sure if I like this or not.

Slightly creepy.

333: Campus flashback

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2006.

Going way back into the archives for this shot of my daily commute from the U of M's West Bank to the East Bank campus, back when I lived in Middlebrook Hall.  I believe this part of the Washington Avenue bridge is now fenced off and inaccessible during Light Rail construction.  Trufax.

331: When in doubt...

...post a photo of animals making faces.

Minnesota Zoo, 2009.

Check.

326: Focus

2010.

I'm not sure any part of this photo is actually in focus.

323: Doing good

2011.

Stopped by the only liquor store in the area that sells Finnegans (100% of profits go to local charities!) to stock up before the snowstorm.  Of course, then I headed back out to go to lunch at Good Day Cafe and steered through the first skid of the year!  It's going to be a long winter...but at least we'll have beer.

321: Haircut redux

Seven inches shorter.  Heck yes.

320: Bling

Instagram, 2011.

Sometimes you just want to wear the fancy earrings.

317: Floral flashback

Ferry Building, San Francisco, 2008.

Because winter is coming, and we'll need some bright colors.

316: Beautiful Portals

by Derek King on Flickr
via Beautiful Portals on Tumblr

I've been hanging out on Tumblr for a while (and appreciating television with a friend).  I always like when posts from Beautiful Portals come up on my dashboard, because they're always nice to look at (see above).

310: Nîmes

Nîmes, France, 2007.

Reinforced arches at the Roman arena in Nîmes.

308: "I'm a soldier."

Look, I don't want to talk about my Photoshop problem or my weird fascination with Richard Harrow on Boardwalk Empire.

Okay?

306: Nothing but charm

via Flickr

Oh, don't mind me, I'm just planning for my imaginary dream house.