Offsprung Young

One advantage of being a photographer is that you can image your young without leaving the house.    This is Kelly, who is now a sophomore at SLU, between age two and three.  In the color shot she is wearing the dress her mom made for her to wear to the Nutcracker.  

God and Man

Looking east from Quality Hill.

Two Feet? Not Yeti

I neither believe nor disbelieve in Abominable Snow Folks.  My belief would be greatly helped by an unfuzzy picture of one that doesn't look like a costume from Dollar General.   However I could believe that they are being created right now, right here in River City... just north of the Folger's Factory...  or at least the track making parts....

Tara, Not So Firma

Yesterday while in Grandview on business I ran across this old house and out buildings.  Brad Finch, who does architectural photography for National Register Nominations and such, thinks the main part of the house could date from the 1870s.  It's located just a stones throw from 291 South and 150 Highway.  It is setback quite a ways from the road.    You can see additional photos of it and the other buildings here:  http://web.mac.com/dremley/Site/Abandoned_House.html

Fall Retrospective

This post is for Moxie who I know loves Cliff Drive in the fall.  Always prettiest when the sun is morning or afternoon low that's always the best time to see the abundant deer population as it feeds.   Late May and June are the best times as the new fawns make their appearance.  I found out last year that a whitetail doe, 79% of the time, will have twins or triplets.  This is why a herd can explode in population in a short amount of time.  However, weekends spring through fall, the Drive is closed to motorized traffic on Saturday and Sunday.

Full Moon Indian Mound

Indian Mound is the eastern entrance to the Cliff Drive Scenic Byway.  It's located at the intersection of Belmont Avenue and Gladstone Boulevard.   The original mound in the 1800s was only 5 feet above grade.   Amateur archeologists and "others" made digs at the site and came up with animal bones, remnants of cooking stoves and other artifacts.   In the 1930s the Works Progress Administration covered the mound with 30 feet of dirt which has served to protect it.

Liberty Memorial