Downtown Looking Up, Mostly

Old signage. "Hotel Bray" "Fireproof" "Rooms $1.50" (I think on that last one.)
Took a brief walk downtown on Saturday. I like the contrast in architecture. City Center Square on the left, Mark Twain Tower on the right.
Brookfield Building looks completely deserted.
Spoon, Barney Allis Plaza.
Symmetrical.
Few vines left for the trellis.


Library parking on left... condos on right.
Mark Twain Tower.
Tapestry of styles.
More old signage. Peck's Drygood Store...


Library parking.
Floral alleyway behind condos. Alley is between Baltimore and Wyandotte.
Greening up the alley.
Mark Twain Tower entrance.
Mark Twain Tower facade.

"Get Me To The Church On Time'

I'm now going to start posting some of my "regular" work..... The things that make food and tuition possible. These are shots from Jason and Andrea's wedding in June. The service was at St. John LaLande Catholic church in Blue Springs and the reception was at nearby Vesper Hall.

Lunch at Gillis

No pictures... we were all in disguise.... had a wonderful lunch today with Meesha, XO and The Kid.... good food, good conversation and no anonymous comments.

Flocks of Flocks

There is so much shade in my backyard that no flowers will grow except right by the patio where the sun still reaches most of the day. Tall-stalk flocks love it, are pretty much indestructible and bloom for almost a month. All kinds of flying critters visit.... I'll have some photos of them later. These were taken with the Nikon 105mm macro and 70-200mm zoom with Cannon macro filter.

Gillis Sundries More Than Just a Pretty Storefront

At the corner of Gillis and Pacific in Columbus Park. Excellent food.... good place to hang out.

Power and Light

In the West Bottoms that is......

Movie Night in Budd Park

The first Movie Night of the season was held last night in Budd Park... St. John and Hardesty... over 100 boys, girls, moms and dads sat on the hillside to watch Kung Fu Panda and eat snacks. Blankets, pillows, sweaters and lawn chairs were the order of the day. The next movie is Madagascar 2 on July 25th, then The Tale of Despereaux on August 1st and the finale is Hotel for Dogs on August 8th. Movies start at dusk... best to arrive around 8 or 8:30. It's Free. Movies are screened on the north side of the shelter house.Movie Night was introduced by Scott Wagner, President of the Indian Mound Neighborhood Association the organizing sponsor of the event.