Today the sunrise was just beautiful. I was late for a breakfast event. I felt like I should get my best gear out and find a great spot to take a photo of this glorious sunrise, but since I was late, I just snapped what I could get and moved on. It’s still very breathtaking.

This is a view of the Historic Central High School Clock Tower that you don’t often see. The bridge in the background it the Blantik or “High Bridge” which connect Duluth and Superior. You may take a virtual tour of the historic clock tower here.

Tall Ship sailing by the Central Hillside.

As I was driving down the Hill, I saw this tall ship. I am not sure if it is the Pride of Baltimore, but it sure looks like it. You can read more about the ships here.

Yeah, the Wednesday night sailboats are back. What fun to be driving home and seeing these white sails gliding in the water.:)

As I sat eating my healthy lunch at Whole Foods Co-op I watched this Coke truck parked in front of the Miller-Dwan Medical Center. I thought it ironic that a truck carrying soda pop would be parked so long in front of a facility which is supposed to promote good health.  As far a Duluth weather goes, you can see that most of our snow has melted. There is a little pile of snow on the left had side of this photo, just left of the sign with two arrows on it. Lake Superior is just beyond the buildings.

These round white, clear and bluish-green balls of ice are outside of the door of Whole Food Co-op on East. Fourth Street.  They are the creation of Walter Sipola, according to Shannon Szymkowiak, marketing manager of Whole Foods Co-op.

(The small bit of the blue stained glass above is a piece of artwork is recycled window glass by Ron Benson of Two Harbors)

Today was Martin Luther King Day.

What did you do to celebrate? What did you do to help your fellow countryman?

What do you see in this photo that is uniquely Duluth?

I see:

Brick Lake Avenue

Snow

Dirty street

Winter boots

snow

Do you know where this is located? Take a guess.

I will answer tomorrow.

My daughter and I noticed this snow-covered wheelchair parked outside of the apartments on East 4th Street near 7th Avenue East. We’ve always wondered what these apartments must have looked like “back in the day.” They look like they were once fancy brick townhouses. Does anyone know when the wooden porch-like structure was added in the front? I am glad the owner painted them a tannish color to match the bricks. A few years ago this structure was an ugly white and really an eyesore. Are these one room efficiencies?

I have noticed there seems to be more disabled people living downtown.  I’ve speculated that this is because it is harder to make a good living once you are disabled and so a person ends up renting a less expensive place in the downtown neighborhood.  I could be wrong. Maybe a person doesn’t just doesn’t see disabled people in the other neighborhoods because the yards are bigger and there is more vehicle rather than sidewalk traffic.

(Disclaimer: this photo was taken on Friday night)