Rain soaked history seekers.....

This morning, Gandalf (aka, my gentleman caller) and I were out on a mission, braving the Saint Paul rain to take photos of my favorite building, the now abandoned, Pioneer Building, which used to house the Pioneer Press.  

Pioneer building:
 built in 1889 it was the first 12-story skyscraper in St. Paul!

Front entrance of building with a glimpse of
a toasty little skyway in the corner (we LOVE skyways!). 

This isn't the building, but I love rain on windows.
This is a blurry view of our apt in Saint Paul taken before our mission.  

Our goal is to gather some research on the buildings of Saint Paul, dig up some interesting facts and post some photos (new and old) on our Tumblr blog (first posting coming this week!).  If you're a history buff (and we both are, so it's ok, your nerdiness is welcome here), or interested in architecture, or just plain curious about what kind of place Saint Paul, MN is, then latch on for the tour!

The blogosphere is cold, dark and empty today.....

Today I did not run from the mundane and that is OK, because our blogger stats show that we had 0 page views today.  Typically we get about oh....I don't know, three page views per day, so dropping to 0 has not derailed our blogging dreams.  When we have three views, that is a good day - it makes us happy.  However, lately I have become slightly concerned that two of those page views are from me and my sister (three if she's checking the blog at work....didn't even consider that one until just now).  Must make it a point NOT to look at blogger stats anymore.  Good night Saint Paul, MN!

Sunshine Sunshine is Fine

Yesterday I created my first treasury on etsy. Boy was it a challenge! In Minnesota the only good thing about February is that it's short. Everyone is anxiously awaiting spring and things start to slowly change. Windows get rolled down at 35 degrees, pants turn to skirts, nasty bitter looks from strangers turn soft... you get the idea. So while I sat on my computer waiting to be inspired the natural choice was for my brain to think of the sun- not to mention my laptop is bright yellow. Be happy and have a great day today!

Digging for Treasure...

I had secretly planned another goal for myself this week and that was to create a treasury on etsy. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. First of all, coming up with a title for the collection was tough. I didn't want to have a similar collection as 100 other folks. And so I went with a history theme: when in doubt, nerd out. So I had my title, but then I couldn't figure out how on earth to do a history themed treasury. So I just started searching keywords like, "history" "kings" "americana" "wild west" and was able to get on a roll from there.

Searching for items to include took a lot longer than I thought. I thought by saving my treasury I could come back to it later before I published it. That is not true. Not a huge deal, but my poor little brain was confused. And now ladies and gentlemen (all 2 of you following who were forced to diligently read this blog due to relation) I give you........the treasury:


p.s. as for my challenge of getting 10 new pieces done by sunday....I have one done. That's right, 9 to go. Outlook = bleak.