It was a very windy day again today. After a bout of scanner mania, I decided to have a walk around Lake Phalen and try to locate the Minnesota Rock that is reputed to be sited there. It was a nice walk around the lake, but very windy on the eastern shore, nearly powerful enough to blow a biker off the trail. The park board has been doing a nice job of restoring native plants on the shore line of the lake. The project also seems to have cut down the population of urban geese that used to be a scourge on the city's park land. A scourge that once gave life to a jovial tribute to a Beach Boys hit, "A Little Goose Poop." [Deuce Coupe].
This photo is from a uniquely named park near Thomas and Snelling, "The Garden of Poetry." It may belong to Hamline University, because they seem to own an adjoining building. It is fenced and there don't seem to be any easy access points to the park, and, though it is green and well-watered, there were no people in the park to enjoy the grass and flowers. I like the name and hope they are growing a lot of poetry there, perhaps blank verse.
Adam is nearly recovered from his fall down, but has not yet remounted his bike. It will take a few more days.
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So enough with the goose poop. We've had our chuckle. The Poetry Garden -- it appears to have two pieces of sculpture, facing away from the street? Good to hear that Adam is making good progress healing. The Dynamic Duo was talking about him and KS and Wireless -- specifically games of Pirate from summers past. They're also looking forward to showing off their mad Nintendo skilz to Unky Herb. SS
Is this park about 6 blocks south of HU? I think our Graduate School of Management and Center for Excellence in Urban Education faculty are housed there (instead of in the architectural highlight from GZ Moohoo's blog). We are running out of room for fulltime faculty. The park is private and only for the use of building occupants if this is the same place I visited.
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BB - That's the place. The structure next to it looks like an office building and says Hamline University on it. It's a very nice garden and deserves more visitors. Do you know how it got named "The Garden of Poetry?" There must be a story there somewhere.
I will check it out.
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