Wednesday we took a bus trip (through the senior group at church) to the German-settled community of New Ulm (about 2 hours southwest of Minneapolis).  What a perfect time of year for a visit!  They had already celebrated Oktoberfest the previous two weeks, so we had a perfectly lovely (and not too crowded) day for a visit.

 Starting at the top left is a photo of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity off in the distance.  The cornerstone was laid in 1866.  A close-up photo of the cathedral is right below, lower left.  Following along the bottom is a tree in all its fall glory.  Sorry, I’m not good with tree names, but by its color, could it be a maple (Doug, are you reading me)?  And the photo to the right of the tree is of a path down the hill along the Way of the Cross.  Each of these small buildings is a station of the cross.  It is a lovely walk, and at this point we were on a hill overlooking the town.  Really beautiful.  The path is lined with pavers now, but was originally a dirt path.  And we “topped off” our tour of New Ulm with a stop at Schell’s Brewery!  (Did I mention this is a German town???)  The most fascinating (to me, anyway) part of the brewery tour was the peacocks and hens that roamed the property.  And isn’t this guy inspiration for a quilt!  Just look at those greens and blues.

While I was browsing around the web this morning, I happened on Mary’s site.  She is using this fun collage feature of Picasa 3.  It was easy to install and get started.  What a neat way to display pictures!  You’ll have to check out Mary’s site as well (she’s a quilter in neighboring Minneapolis), and she has some lovely fall pictures of the Minneapolis close-to-downtown area.  Thank you for the inspiration, Mary!

And don’t you think this collage format would be wonderful for a Christmas card picture, or how about for a postcard?  Oh, the possibilities…

Sue