Sunday, January 26, 2014

Missouri Low Down

For a variety of reason the Missouri River is quite low at the moment.  While it causes official concern it also provides viewpoint opportunities for those of us with cameras.  A rock jetty which is normally under water is exposed and the "intrepid" can venture out onto it.  Enough has been exposed that one can walk to the center of the river bed.  Above and below the view from that point.
                          Above, looking east showing the exposed shoreline... below looking west.

 Above, the jetty is composed of all kinds of debris, bricks, limestone lintels, river rocks, red granite,
                                                           and undefined rusted metal objects.




                  Above, the view from almost the middle of the jetty back toward the southern shore.

Above, view toward Kansas City from the river bed.  Below, the rock jetty going north from the south shore. 

Friday, January 24, 2014

Looking Forward To Spring

One of the first flowers to be seen along Cliff Drive this year will be Spring Beauty.  About the size of a grown man's thumbnail..  they bravely pop out even in light snow.

Monday, January 13, 2014

Sunset By The Kaw


Above, time-lapse of sunset on the Kansas City, Missouri skyline from the banks of the Kaw River.
Above photo taken with iPhone... because I left the camera at home :(
 Taken with the regular camera... two night shots of the KC skyline from the banks of the Kaw River.


Friday, January 10, 2014

Rivers of Ice

Kansas City from Kaw Point with the iced-up Missouri River.  The river is flowing along as usual just with chunks of ice.   Below, the Kaw flowing into the Missouri.  Kaw surface is more frozen, water flowing underneath.






Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Bald Eagle Along The Kaw

 Went down to the river today... the junction of the Missouri and the Kaw to photograph the ice floating by.  Happened upon what I at first thought was a large hawk... turned out to be a juvenile Bald Eagle.. It had just caught something, couldn't tell what, and was enjoying a leisurely early dinner.






Monday, January 6, 2014

Happy Anniversary to Hyper

Today is the fifth anniversary of Hyperblogal.   As you can see the quality of posts has not improved.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Colonnade and Snow

 The snow didn't amount to much Wednesday night... but I headed up to the Colonnade during the "storm" anyway.   This was at about 8pm.


Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Historic Northeast Mini-Mansions Volume 5

Built in 1903 for the President of the Cherokee and Arkansas Lumber Company this home now belongs to Josiah, Mickie, and their new daughter Kathryn.   As with many of the larger homes in Northeast it had been sub-divided into apartments after the war.  Josiah and Mickie, in many cases, had to take rooms down to the studs to restore them completely.   Many of the furnishings in the home are treasured family heirlooms .


Above, the entryway had to be completely redone due to extensive alterations when it was converted to apartments... the leaded glass windows in the house are original.
 The leaded glass pocket door on the right is original.  The doors on the left were obtained from Architectural Salvage.
                  The light fixture in the dining room came from Josiah's grandmother's house.
 The kitchen was one of the rooms that had to be taken down to the studs... the cabinets are from the house next door...
                         Play room/family room.... the small blur at the round table is Kathryn.
 The second floor.   Once a bedroom this space is now a family room... Mickie's library is in the small area on the right.
                                 Above and below Kathryn's room which is very well used.

 The second floor hallway looking into the bathroom which, shown below, was created out of another bedroom and what was the original tiny space.

                                   The bathroom also has a door onto a second floor porch.

 Above, the master bedroom and, below, the stairway to the first floor.   The third floor is a work in
                                          progress and is only used for storage now.

The home sits on Gladstone Boulevard in the Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood.