"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.

KC Doesn't Remember History It Levels It

Gates home prior to its leveling in 1971.... the Carriage house is visible on the right in back.

Until 1971 a beautiful Victorian mansion stood on the corner of Independence Boulevard and Garfield Avenue in Pendleton Heights. Built by millionaire Jemuel Gates who fronted the money to build the first Children's Mercy Hospital 4 blocks to the west, the house was leveled to build a church. However, the carriage house remained untouched... until now. Due to a city worker bee error (she forgot to check to see if the building was on the historic register) and an over zealous contractor who did not yet have full permission to begin demolition... the building has been reduced to a shell. Intervention by neighborhood leaders... chiefly Kent Dicus... has led to a 15-day halt to the demolition... which shouldn't have happened in the first place. Here's what the Gate's Carriage House looked like on Friday afternoon.

Original structure is on the left... white part on right was added on in the early part of the last century.