Photo 365 Project - Memorial Day

It's memorial day in the United States. This picture was taken at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, located in the Twin Cities. The cemetery is over 436 acres of land and has over 172,000 internments.

Photo 365 Project - Rainbow over Minneapolis

My first visit to the new Twin's ballpark in Minneapolis, and the first inning started with a light rain. The rain cleared quickly, never slowing the game down, and this rainbow appeared over the city. Welcome back to outdoor baseball in Minneapolis!

Photo 365 Project - Bonfire

Another nice night, a Saturday on Memorial Day weekend. This time we wrapped up the evening by burning things. A nice fire as the sunset and the day was complete.

Photo 365 Project - Down the Stretch

A nice evening for a visit to the races at Caterbury Downs. It is Canterbury's 25th year, I remember going when the place first opened. With the 25 year celebration, entrance is free- making for a pleasant evening watching the horses walk in the paddock then tearing down the track.

Photo 365 Project - Cat in Rail

She's not stuck, really. Apparently she just wanted to see what was "down there", below the railing.

Photo 365 Project - Door Handles

My wife and I had a date night and went to a familiar spot. Fans will recognize the door handles of this restaurant/bar chain, found across the United States.

Photo 365 Project - Cliff Road (Ordinary) Traffic

Working at my company's office, I commute along a very straight and occasionally backed up road. I snapped this picture waiting at a stoplight in one of the more jam-prone sections of road. It's significance? Nothing out of the ordinary. Of course, 20 years from now the ordinary may seem extra-ordinary. I know whenever I come back from a vacation trip and think back to what I saw, it doesn't ever seem to be the stuff I actually took pictures of. It is the ordinary stuff that pops into mind.

Photo 365 Project - Car Mirror

You may have heard of a concept that involves taking a photo once a day for a year. Here's an attempt. Some things come to mind that might help the success of this little project:

• Keep it simple. The photos are snapshots of a moment in time during the day. No hunting out the perfect picture.
• Keep the description simple. I don't want to catch myself saying "I'll post the photo later, when I have inspiration for writing the description"
• Easy accountability. I'm kind of complicating that by posting the pictures to Blogger, that's just another step (I could, and have to this point, just e-mail the pictures to myself).

The kickoff picture is a self portrait, of my index finger. In the mirror. Of my car. Showing the temp. It was actually taken with the intent of posting to facebook to get people in cold places to say 'wow'. Now it has another, more manageable purpose. Being the 365 Photo of the Day.