Home Place Excercise

This is a picture of the St. Paul, Minnesota skyline. I am from Mendota Heights, which is just across the river from St. Paul. This picture is significant to me because it the view that I get at night when I look out my window. I think the city lights are spectacular. I think the most emblematic part of St. Paul is the fact that it is a fairly large city right on the Mississippi river. I have recently found that I prefer small towns to big cities, but somehow my hometown has never been counted as a big city in my mind. It is a really clean city with parks and bike trails right on the water. It has a ton of historical significance and the people are kind and helpful. I am proud to call it home.

Photo: Slumbering City
Jagged metal buildings pierce upwards against the quiet black of a newborn night sky. The building’s lights blaze along their length, creating an orb of light. Below, a boulevard strolls along the edge of a mighty river, seemingly docile for the moment. The lights and billowing spires of steam reflect brilliantly in the calm of the slowly streaming river. A bridge straddles the width of the river on the right like a string of white Christmas lights. A city park runs along the other bank of the river, appearing deserted. The city slumbers quietly while the lights flicker and the steam from the power plant streams upward into the endless black of the night.