Kaposia Landing- May 2015

Many a times I have roamed the trails of Kaposia Landing while waiting to pick up Matt from work.  Rehabilitated around 2006, Kaposia park is located in South St. Paul.  What once was a construction and demolition landfill, the park now includes hiking/biking trails and a large dog park.  I have found that it offers great views of the Mississippi River while jogging around the paved trail.

 

The Mississippi River view from the trail.

Barges on the river.  

  

A nice distracting view while on a run.

The South St. Paul Swing Bridge; sometimes you have to bend the "no trespassing" rules to get a good shot! I snuck on to the tracks to get this view of the bridge. (The risk paid off; I had this photo featured on Capture Minnesota's Instagram page!)

 

 

 

Backtracking

Whoa.  It's already September!  Clearly I am way behind on blog posts.  This summer was jam packed with lots of events and photo opportunities; it is time to catch up and post!  For the next few weeks, I hope to backtrack and post everything that has been going on over the last few months. 

 

So in the meantime, a photo I recently took of the turn of the season; the first signs of autumn upon us.  The neighbor's walnut tree is beginning to litter our backyard with touches of gold foliage; making for great color interest in this shot.  

This is the neighborhood stray (for a couple years now) whom we've recently nicknamed "Tux".  Over the last couple months, we have been slowly gaining his trust, which in turn, has lessened his feral ways.  He now meows when he sees us, and we've even caught him purring a time or two.  Earlier this year, we could hardly touch him without him nipping at us or growling; now we can pet him, pick him up, and even play with him.  He's taken such a liking to us, that he seldom leaves the yard. I have found that he's very photogenic as well, as you can see in this photo I snapped of him.  Such a great subject to practice my "portraits" on!