North of 3rd, west of Grant, south of 9th, east of Sunset.
Total for today: 19,980 steps and 3:44 time.
This neighborhood has many similarities to the area immediately to the east of it, which I walked on my June 25 Roosevelt Park outing. It appears the houses were mostly built in a similar time-frame and style. There were a few more of the houses with the drive-ways sloping down to a basement ‘garage’, which I’ve only seen in these two parts of town.
I walked this neighborhood on a school day morning, and was impressed by the number of parents walking or biking with their kids to school!
There is an alley where I took the highest ‘density’ of pictures of anywhere in my walks so far this year. If you remember from my June 25 walk, there were a few pieces of mosaic artwork in the alleys. Apparently the ‘mother lode’ of this artwork is in an alley between Grant and Sherman.
I took over 20 pictures along here, seven of which are of a single fence top which was decorated with fanciful items. (the only trouble with it is it had some vine overgrowth, so I could catch all the details.) And I didn’t even take pictures of all of the art. So I would highly recommend taking a stroll down here sometime.
I’ll put those pictures at the very end of today’s blog, so as to not overwhelm you with them right at the start.
Grant – Sherman alley
It was a good season opener for the Broncos last night, beating the reigning Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens 49 to 27. Peyton Manning threw 7 touchdown passes, which I believe ties a record. It sure makes you think that if they wouldn’t have lost that fluky first playoff game last year, THEY would have be the reigning Super Bowl Champs.
Here are some of the beautiful houses in the area…
This is one of Jenni’s favorite houses
Ivy chimney
another tall chimney
brick turret
I don’t usually foreshadow my blogs (I’m writing this on 9/22/13), but I’m putting in this picture of the view from 3rd and Sunset south toward the St. Vrain river. I took this picture little suspecting that in just over a week this would be washed out from flooding.
before the rains
and here’s the rest of the photos of the day… and at the end, as promised, the Sherman-Grant alley!
Pole at 3rd and Sunset — former home of many garage sale signs!
table and flag
Hippie access
another neighborhood with dog view holes… I like them
fire hydrant in the alley instead of on the curb
Dashboard machine gun nest (Lego-style)
GIANT dog (?) statue
frog friend
old shed
portal of the day
flag with birdhouses
Alley adage
year-round nativity scene
Snowshoes with Moose
Pretty brick design
I think my ‘feature photo’ for my June 25 blog might be by this same artist
Lion
lush garden
Armani in the Alley
cat basking in the sun
vegetation of the day
Jenni & I debated if this was a boy or a girl
another grumpy frog
I’m seeing a lot of these… do they have a special name?
another whatever-you-call-it
does anybody know who the face is supposed to be?
I got a laugh out of this
their umbrella may be broken, but they’re still in love!
retreating bear
two bad ants
twisty lamp post
jar of shells
sheet metal fairy
bluebird of happiness
and now, finally the alley art… starting with the sunflower electrical box at the north end…
butterfly
optical illusion
flowers
cat and dog photo montage
real dog in alley
fake cat in alley
dragonfly
tree
bicycle
goodnight moon
Jenni figured out this was a basketball game with spectators
and now, to top it off, the top of the wall
fence corner
Jesus
Shards from a yellow ‘Grumpy’ coffee cup?? I think ‘Grumpy’ may be on the far right, with big red nose.
Betty Boop
boom box
Lizard Buddha?
a slipper… or the mask from the ‘Scream’ movie?
Hi! Lovely blog! The sheet metal fairy is mine. My dad is a New Mexican artist and made it for me.
Also, my daughter enjoyed your visit/talk at Central Elementary last week. Happy travels!
Thanks for the comment and information. I enjoyed the visit to Central Elementary last Friday as well..
a nice school with a great bunch of kids!