St Paul Undressed

Reflections

Just for fun, taken at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) building. Oh, yes that is me.

Snow flakes

I think the theory has been debunked but they, and I have no idea who they really is, used to say that no two snow flakes are the same.  I never really believed that anyone could know that much about snow flakes without seeing them all first.  Maybe line them up under a microscope and compare.

The picture is a little macro photography of a hedge in my yard.  Snow really is beautiful, and I am going to tell myself that every day.

Freaky Art

The transit station in the picture is new and the sculpture lit up for the first time in September.  I find it disturbing, or maybe I should say disquieting.  I can sere it as I wait in traffic, the disks are lit up and they kind of spin as the colors change.  Located on the corner of Kellogg Blvd. and Smith Avenue, check it out.

Virtual Pumpkin Carving Contest

No one knows why, but every year I hold a virtual pumpkin carving contest on the St. Paul Real Estate Blog. Stop by and look it over. Vote for your favorite pumpkin. The entry above is from the undressed network of local consumer blogs.

Clouds

We had a serious drought in the twin cities this summer, but in the last month we have gotten enough rain to make up for it. In the last two weeks there has only been one sunny day. It was supposed to be sunny yesterday and I got all excited about it. As I was driving through the gloom the announcer on the radio said that the forecast had been revised and that there was a 100% chance of rain. That was yesterday and it is still raining, like it will be tomorrow. We Minnesotans are tough bunch. We have dealt with the flash flooding and the slow rush hours. Now we just want to know what a cubit is so we can plan for the future.

The pictures are of Downtown St. paul and the Mississippi River taken from the east river bluff, also known as Dayton’ bluff.

Horse

I post this so that the Issaquah bloggers can see that their’s is not the only town with metal sculptures of horses. I would venture to guess that St. Paul has nicer horse sculptures than Issaquah does but I don’t want to start something here. I could be voted off the island.

Have You Ever Swallowed a Frog?

Frogs come is a variety of shapes sizes and colors.  I have never really swallowed a frog.  It is a kind of anology I like to use.

We all swallow frogs.  Have you had yours today?

A Word About The Founder of The Undressed Network

The idea behind using the word “undressed” is transparency. To undress something is to expose it, or make it transparent. The naked truth would be another way of saying it. With that in mind I would like to “expose” the man behind the undressed network, Larry Cragun.

There are some weird people on internet. I never really believed it until last summer when I became aware of a demented blogger lurking on StPaulRealEstateblog.com. He shows up in my comments and on my side bar as a spider. I thought there was something wrong with my browser at first so I switched to Firefox which is not as buggy.

I found an old photo of him that according to the people at the post office was taken in the 1970’s. I am told that he is around 120 years old and has been a REALTOR and Mortgage broker for the last 100 years. He once told a reporter that he spent his first commission on a model T and that he really wishes he would have kept the car.

On one of his blogs, Real Estate Undressed, Larry Cragun, if that is his real name, runs a post every Saturday called “bugs undressed” he posts disgusting pictures of insects and asks his readers not to bug him on Saturday, which leads me to believe that he may be a mortgage broker posing as a REALTOR . Lenders play golf on Saturdays while REALTORS are out working. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt because at his age he probably deserves a day off.

Here is a recent picture of Larry Cragun. Apparently he is also a singer. Please click on the link and listen to Larry’s song. He is pretty talented.

Don’t bug Larry.

Have a great day! Most of mine will be spent in hiding.