Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Harvest Moon<\/p>\n
Took a stroll down St. Paul’s living museum on Monday.\u00a0 That’s the way Emily Shapiro characterized Summit Avenue, the western end of it that turns sharply, avoiding Ramsey Hill and heads off toward the state capitol.<\/p>\n
We visited the first SPA building (complete with a bronze sculpture of a young Fitzgerald), learned about Tudorbethan architecture, found Hale park complete with a D.A.R. sponsored statue of Nathan Hale (hands tied behind his back), saw Marcia Rinek’s early home near the Louis Hill house and an August Gauden Eagle in Lookout Park.<\/p>\n
There is, too, a chainsaw sculpture of an ancient burr oak, right across the street from the University Club.\u00a0 Emily has information identifying it as a prominent madame of early St. Paul.<\/p>\n
Seeing, truly seeing, is one of the gifts that close attention to art nurtures.\u00a0\u00a0 We all walked this familiar area, driven past many times, but this time we stopped, looked and listened.<\/p>\n
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