Heidi Randen
@heidiranden.bsky.social
Hiker, biker, baker and jewelry maker.
Single digit temps sunrise in Powderhorn. Park staff were making a new skating rink!
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Single digit temps sunrise in Powderhorn. Park staff were making a new skating rink!
Sun dog rainbow in Powderhorn Park this morning.
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Sun dog rainbow in Powderhorn Park this morning.
Sunrise on a little patch of prairie on the Cedar Lake trail this morning.
August 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Sunrise on a little patch of prairie on the Cedar Lake trail this morning.
Puffball sunrise in Kingfield Park this morning.
August 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Puffball sunrise in Kingfield Park this morning.
My favorite yards that I pass biking on my way to get coffee at Sisters Sludge in the morning.
August 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My favorite yards that I pass biking on my way to get coffee at Sisters Sludge in the morning.
Sunrise on the cedar lake trail this morning. So humid but so beautiful.
August 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Sunrise on the cedar lake trail this morning. So humid but so beautiful.
Sunrise on Belt Line Road bridge. Insert inspirational quote of your choice.
August 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Sunrise on Belt Line Road bridge. Insert inspirational quote of your choice.
Evening Primrose flower in the hospital parking lot at 5:55 AM. So calm and delicate.
August 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Evening Primrose flower in the hospital parking lot at 5:55 AM. So calm and delicate.
Sunrise on 34th Avenue.
July 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Sunrise on 34th Avenue.
Biking out into the dystopian morning with an air quality index of 124 in Minneapolis. Holding everyone in Manitoba in my heart.
July 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Biking out into the dystopian morning with an air quality index of 124 in Minneapolis. Holding everyone in Manitoba in my heart.
“Soft” is the theme of the gardens at Lake Harriet this summer. How did the gardeners know exactly what we needed?
July 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
“Soft” is the theme of the gardens at Lake Harriet this summer. How did the gardeners know exactly what we needed?
The wildflowers along the cedar lake trail have been splendid on my bike rides to and from the hospital this week.
July 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The wildflowers along the cedar lake trail have been splendid on my bike rides to and from the hospital this week.
Biked to Càphin Minneapolis and now I’m high as a kite on iced Vietnamese egg coffee. So delicious!
July 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Biked to Càphin Minneapolis and now I’m high as a kite on iced Vietnamese egg coffee. So delicious!
The sour cherries at the hospital where I work are ripe: Tart and juicy and delicious!
July 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The sour cherries at the hospital where I work are ripe: Tart and juicy and delicious!
The catalpa trees are blooming in Minneapolis. All the yards and alleys look like they are carpeted in orchids.
June 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The catalpa trees are blooming in Minneapolis. All the yards and alleys look like they are carpeted in orchids.
Is everyone working on your signs for the No Kings rallies on 6/14? Just have to cut out the letters and glue it together. I used part of an old cardboard sewing pattern cutting table protectors so the sign will fold up in my bicycle pannier when I bike to the rally. See you at the rallies!
June 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Is everyone working on your signs for the No Kings rallies on 6/14? Just have to cut out the letters and glue it together. I used part of an old cardboard sewing pattern cutting table protectors so the sign will fold up in my bicycle pannier when I bike to the rally. See you at the rallies!
The new bird mural is finished on the Minneapolis Greenway.
June 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The new bird mural is finished on the Minneapolis Greenway.
The showy lady slippers are blooming in the memorial garden at my hospital.
June 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The showy lady slippers are blooming in the memorial garden at my hospital.
New mural in progress on the Minneapolis Greenway.
May 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
New mural in progress on the Minneapolis Greenway.
Finished Rainbow Fish baby blanket this weekend.
May 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Finished Rainbow Fish baby blanket this weekend.
The Midtown Greenway Coalition and the Bare Bones Puppet Theater offered a beautiful memorial procession today to help people mourn loved ones and navigate grief with love. It also remembered George Perry Floyd who was killed in our neighborhood five years ago this weekend.
May 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The Midtown Greenway Coalition and the Bare Bones Puppet Theater offered a beautiful memorial procession today to help people mourn loved ones and navigate grief with love. It also remembered George Perry Floyd who was killed in our neighborhood five years ago this weekend.
It’s spring in Minneapolis and everything looks a little AI generated.
May 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It’s spring in Minneapolis and everything looks a little AI generated.
There is a new installation at the sculpture garden near the staff parking lot at the hospital.
May 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
There is a new installation at the sculpture garden near the staff parking lot at the hospital.
Haiku a day 30 for national poetry month:
Gunpowder pollen
pistils black as burnt matchtips
blooom, flower bomb
Gunpowder pollen
pistils black as burnt matchtips
blooom, flower bomb
April 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Haiku a day 30 for national poetry month:
Gunpowder pollen
pistils black as burnt matchtips
blooom, flower bomb
Gunpowder pollen
pistils black as burnt matchtips
blooom, flower bomb
Haiku a day 29 for national poetry month:
I pass, eye to eye,
with a robin in her nest
expectant, serene
I pass, eye to eye,
with a robin in her nest
expectant, serene
April 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Haiku a day 29 for national poetry month:
I pass, eye to eye,
with a robin in her nest
expectant, serene
I pass, eye to eye,
with a robin in her nest
expectant, serene