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April 26th, and we got half an inch of snow overnight. Eighteen inches on the ground just a few miles north. Yeesh! But the Garden Goddess remains sanguine as she begins to grow out her chive hair.
By the way, I did nothing to protect her or her chives over this very harsh winter; she just sat there on the steps through months of brutal cold, and this is how she emerged. Beautiful.
Our band (Horno, which is a type of Mexican clay oven, and no, we don't play mariachi music) played at The Minneapolis Eagles Club, a sort of legion hall type place mostly frequented by friendly, elderly barflies. I'm guessing that this sign you see on your way out the door is meant to have a sobering effect...
...Holz, that is, is an artist on the rise. She's been showing all over the place, and producing new work as fast as her skinny little fingers can crank it out. Check her stuff out here, or see some of it in person at Pizza Luce on East Franklin here in Minneapolis. My only problem with her stuff is that I don't think she prices it high enough...
As seen on a telephone pole near my house. Is Good.
Some of you know that I collect the work of the graffiti artist, 27. I've met this mysterious (and somewhat pallid) figure and bought framed art from him, but my favorite stuff appears in the most unexpected places and moments, like the other day during a bike ride to Wayzata. Here's a little scene he painted on a caboose.
Seen on Lyndale, the coolest street in this city, yesterday. This morning I drove by and someone had destroyed him. Idiots.
...and an odd study in contrasts from the previous post. How (and why) does someone trim something this tall?
