This public dock is a quiet place at five in the morning before the One on the First National Bank building lights up for the day. A young fisherman showed me a picture of a 45 pound catfish that he caught there. He told me the record is 75 pounds

My second outing for 2015 was this view of Saint Paul, Minnesota from the Showboat Landing Dock. It was chilly on couple days of the five nights of painting.   Little Danielle was such a good helper, mixing paint on Friday night! I used it in the painting.

American flags line the Wabasha bridge for the Forth of July. The sun is rising and you can begin to see the trees piled up on Raspberry Island in front of the Minnesota oat Club. Very soon the rowers will carry theirs boats down the ramp for a dawn row.

This view of Saint Paul is one on my favorites. It is dawn from the end of the Harriet Island public dock. The Wabasha Bridge is near with the Robert Street bridge in the distance. The Minnesota Boat Club is in shadow on the right.

This is a view of St. Paul from the Showboat Landing Public Dock, near Harriet Island. A shor walk to the end of the dock just beyond the Covington Inn. What a busy place this is at night for the fishers of catfish. So fun, and peaceful in the wee hours before dawn.