People don't really say 'hood here. They say, "neck of the woods". As in, "How are things in your neck of the woods?" Or really, "How're things in your necka the woods?"
But the studio isn't in the woods, it's in the city. I'm thankful for this fact. We can walk to nearly everything. There is a downside though: people are very curious about what's going on in here. They've never seen anything like it, which understandably fuels the curiosity. But it's a bit like being in a zoo when people press their noses to the glass and knock on the window. I need some window treatments beyond my makeshift curtains. I'll need your help with that another day.
I took a walk around my 'hood the other day. With my pink velour pants covered in dye splotches. With my plaid canvas shoes. With my husband's fleece jacket and my camera. Please send an intervention team. I would not be surprised if the What Not to Wear people showed up.
They just don't build 'em like they used to.
It took me a while, at least 37 seconds, to figure out that the intertwined letters stood for Duluth Board of Trade.
Awww, a dove. When I was a little girl I begged my mother to change my name to Dove. I asked for it for my birthday and for Christmas. She wouldn't do it.
To get her back, I changed my name to Yarnista.
Everywhere you go, you see the maritime influence. There's that darn Aerial Lift Bridge. Up and down, up and down, up and down for a hundred years. Why don't you learn some new tricks, bridge? Some people have been waiting a long time.
Duluth has skywalks. The university here has skywalks. The skywalks are for your protection. They protect you from the tourists who flock to see the Aerial Lift Bridge go up and down for the one millionth time.
Not everything in my 'hood is gorgeous. There's a little of this:
Which looks kind raw and gritty in a picture, but which you would be unhappy about if it were next door to you. Thankfully, it's not next door to me.
I'm sure you'll see many, many more pictures of this town because it covers 75 square miles and I have so far photographed only 3 square blocks. But that's it for today.