King Manor’s fourth floor bulletin board on November 28, 2019

It is fun to observe these posted messages on King Manor’s fourth floor bulletin board slowly change from month to month, and from year to year.

My free tour of the Great Lakes Aquarium

I got a free ticket to the Great Lakes Aquarium with my free DECC Thanksgiving meal.  I created a funny message with the shipwreck poetry word building blocks.

Thanksgiving at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC)

This is my first DECC meal and I loved every bite of it!

This is my second DECC meal, that was well worth the effort to travel to the DECC a second time to eat my Thanksgiving feast!

Thanksgiving snowstorm in Duluth, Minnesota

This is a view on the north side of Superior Street, between North First Avenue East in the background and North Second Avenue East behind this image.

Minnesota Coaches in Duluth, Minnesota

I saw this coach let off what I think is a boys’ hockey team in front of the Sheraton Duluth Hotel.  It then parked on First Street, between North Third Avenue East and North Fourth Avenue East.

Vision Northland construction continues for November 23, 2019, Part Two

I found much graffiti painted on this concrete pad-mounted, electrical transformer box that’s located north of Superior Street and south of the Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic First Street Building.

I wonder why this backhoe engine was idling, while these lights were turned on during the daytime.

I’m standing on the south side of Superior Street, while looking up at North Fourth Avenue East.  Vision Northland will bring big changes to this area in the next three years.

Vision Northland construction continues for November 23, 2019, Part One

I found that these orange sidewalk marks continue on the south side of East Second Street and east of North Sixth Avenue East.

I was standing on the south sidewalk on First Street, looking up towards Second Street.  North Fourth Avenue East is to the left of the image.  This area will change for the better when Vision Northland is completed in the fall of 2022.

While North Fourth Avenue East is in the shadow of the parking ramp that I’m standing on, the building on the opposite side of the street is in full sun.  This made for some awkward attempts to lighten up the shadows, while darkening the parts in full sun.

Today, we celebrate Wendy and Bard’s birthdays.

People at the party liked the tree that I asked for that is on that birthday cake!

Cake is in the cake box

Cake is out of the cake box

Everyone at the party said that they loved the cake that I bought to them from the Plaza Super One on Superior Street.

The James R. Barker arrives in the Twin Ports.

From my apartment window, I saw this ship travelling within the Duluth Ship Canal.  I wanted to get an image of that neat plume of engine smoke being created by the James R. Barker’s engines.

King Manor Buy a Basket Co-op Vegetable basket for November 18, 2019

Vegetable picture number one

King Manor Buy a Basket Co-op Fruit basket for November 18, 2019

Fruit picture number one

Fruit picture number two

Fruit picture number three

Taiyaki by James, the second batch

I cooked more of my delicious Taiyaki for those customers who bought King Manor Buy a Basket food.

Taiyaki by James

After being sidelined from my cooking for a few hours by a headache, I resumed cooking my cakes.  Also, if I ever open a stand for my cakes, “Taiyaki by James” could be a workable name for my small business.

Here is a close-up of the scrumptious cakes that I cooked.

Today, I will cook Taiyaki, a Japanese fish-shaped cake.

I’m using Betty Crocker French Vanilla cake mix, with Core Power High Protein Vanilla Milk Shake instead of water.  My original recipe makes a far richer and tastier cake.

PS:  The filling for these tasty treats is Nestle Toll House Premier White Morsels.

King Manor kitchen renovations for November 16, 2019.

Residents that I have talked with tell me that they are pleased that King Manor’s maintenance staff completed more renovations in our community kitchen.

Discord and Fluttershy cast shadows on my kitchen wall.

I noticed these attractive shadows on my kitchen wall this morning and then decided to make a nice picture of it.  If you pay attention to your common, everyday surroundings, you can find pictures in unexpected places.  You don’t need to trek to a national park to get interesting pictures, as you can find interesting pictures in your home.

Phase Two of the Superior Street reconstruction had a modest celebration to celebrate the street reopening to traffic, Part Three

To my mind, these few bricks embedded into the concrete sidewalk are a rather striking, yet temporary addition, to the Superior Street north sidewalk.  My photo is looking southwest, on the corner of East Superior Street and North Lake Avenue.

Phase Two of the Superior Street reconstruction had a modest celebration to celebrate the street reopening to traffic, Part Two

I took this photo looking northeast of the closed Superior Street before being reopened to traffic.

Mayor of Duluth Emily Larson is wrapping up the Superior Street reopening celebration.  I really love how that round bicycle rack in the street’s north sidewalk gives a halo to the news photographer.

That very clean dump truck is being driven away from the celebration crowd to symbolically conclude the end of the celebration and Phase Two reconstruction.

Phase Two of the Superior Street reconstruction had a modest celebration to celebrate the street reopening to traffic, Part One

Starting at 10:00 AM, these construction workers posed for celebratory photos.  I notice that I had wrote “constriction” for “construction” and almost posted my blog post before I noticed that rather embarrassing error.

Mayor of Duluth Emily Larson speaks to the crowd, before other speakers talk about this important street project.

I admire that sound technician working hard to get all those speaker voices recorded for the local news broadcasts.  Kneeling on that cold concrete must have been unpleasant for that technician.

Historic Kozy Bar and Apartments being cleaned before demolition begins.

This ACCT Asbestos Control Consulting Team truck is based in Cloquet, Minnesota.  ACCT sure owns a nifty looking service truck.  This truck has a wide variety of tools to cleanup a wide variety of cleanup sites.

A big dumpster located west of the ACCT truck and out of frame of the first picture is filled with building debris from the Kozy Bar.  I wonder why it took a cleanup team many years, from the 2010 fire, to empty the Kozy Bar.

I wonder if these booze bottles were emptied before or after the Kozy Bar fire.

Rainbow Community Center – November 2019

Here is the image of the Duluth, Minnesota Rainbow Community Center community calendar for November 2019.  I’m pleased that I’m documenting inconsequential events and artifacts that otherwise will be lost to US history.

I attended the Festival of Sail Duluth 2019, Part Eight

A member of the S/V Denis Sullivan’s crew gave me this sticker while I was touring their vessel.  From a Google search, I found that this ship is owned by Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin.  I will have to revisit this ship as well as tour Discovery World, if I ever visit Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

I attended the Festival of Sail Duluth 2019, Part Seven

I’m sure that skateboards were not a part of the inventory on the original Niagara.  Historical inaccuracies aside, I’m sure that the contemporary Niagara’s crew love skateboarding in many different sea ports during their Great Lakes tours.

I love how this mast and rigging on the Niagara make a dark silhouette against the overcast sky in Duluth, Minnesota.  That concludes our tall ships tour and I hoped you liked this.

I attended the Festival of Sail Duluth 2019, Part Six

As a history buff on all kinds of topics, I loved the signs telling visitors about how the US Navy, sea battles, and naval bombardments of 1812 shaped history.

Children stand beside one of the cannon on the Niagara’s deck.

I can’t imagine being part of the crew, loading and firing these cannon on the exposed deck during a fierce sea battle.

I attended the Festival of Sail Duluth 2019, Part Five

We take a break from the ship tours to visit with a lovely mermaid.

I attended the Festival of Sail Duluth 2019, Part Four

I was deeply impressed at how filled this cabin is with charts and modern navigation equipment.

With space at a premium, I was not surprised to see a folding table on the Denis Sullivan.

I attended the Festival of Sail Duluth 2019, Part Three

A vice tool on the deck, with a tool chest means that repairs are often done by the crew.  I didn’t expect a green plant to be behind the tool chest.

Everyone has their water bottle to keep hydrated on those long voyages on the Great Lakes.  A motorcycle is in the background.

The lifeboat and runabout that can saves lives and carry people to shore when needed.

I attended the Festival of Sail Duluth 2019, Part Two

Motorcycles are stored on the Sullivan’s deck.  A woman on the crew told me that motorcycles are great ways for her and her friend to get around in port cities.

I had to use the required, upward shot of the big ship’s masts and rope rigging.

I found a useful map of the ship.  Desktop publishing sure is a great way for this crew to create and print quality publications without a hiring a team of publication specialists.