this morning as i went about my usual routine–school, coffee shop, bank, post office, home–i decided to pick up whatever caught my attention and make an assemblage out of whatever i found. i make this circuit five days a week, and am usually on autopilot: listening to an audio book, sipping coffee, and rubbing my puggle’s ear. but today, because i was looking, this well trodden route felt all new. like i had just come home from an extended stay away.

collection of winter treasures from one minnesota morning in january

saint paul, minnesota