tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242135807125419102024-03-05T12:57:36.481-06:00Merry@St. LouisMerry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-72605992738566526402010-10-01T09:54:00.005-05:002010-10-01T10:28:01.425-05:00Theme Day: Graffiti<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLekRd9Ubf9M8hNIoWFRVzAVVwI8XiExJLiFPOfiqCitthHewtg_Ie6A1HBIqxLHOXSOtpiHlZqNu4JiAJwXLzAkNL0dy3V1Sr1krQvLwD8jmukdso7jgY81RUtU7Krx_xrFmaracOKRg/s1600/IMG_9139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLekRd9Ubf9M8hNIoWFRVzAVVwI8XiExJLiFPOfiqCitthHewtg_Ie6A1HBIqxLHOXSOtpiHlZqNu4JiAJwXLzAkNL0dy3V1Sr1krQvLwD8jmukdso7jgY81RUtU7Krx_xrFmaracOKRg/s400/IMG_9139.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3eq7CDDbRVnEp8znwKguXiYEbSKn3oljrbz_8XtABmwZNrLyrc-IRk5gaWV4i3FBvmmZ8KZC5Xk6t6ZyeToGtA1LTm7RbWVTWQ66KfJKPrY6Pvqo7DMJ-7lokG0ZoeiJAopR_2ba1sg/s1600/IMG_9127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3eq7CDDbRVnEp8znwKguXiYEbSKn3oljrbz_8XtABmwZNrLyrc-IRk5gaWV4i3FBvmmZ8KZC5Xk6t6ZyeToGtA1LTm7RbWVTWQ66KfJKPrY6Pvqo7DMJ-7lokG0ZoeiJAopR_2ba1sg/s400/IMG_9127.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get together a bunch of stone workers with chisels on lunch break and this is the graffiti you get! Top two photos from Elephant Rocks State Park in Missouri; last photo from Giant City State Park in southern Illinois.</span></span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4dawntagOf5pzlERhc0wukUzRQ49oRfaG9RpQJZ3iYtfv5uyI7a7LKNs8TH0zWpwRdW1IH931EnMzxCD87exRbK3wgF3uozkQiJVxF_HsS1GF3EVu4kWK5BE8jgMujxt1r9N1kVqnC8/s1600/IMG_0129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4dawntagOf5pzlERhc0wukUzRQ49oRfaG9RpQJZ3iYtfv5uyI7a7LKNs8TH0zWpwRdW1IH931EnMzxCD87exRbK3wgF3uozkQiJVxF_HsS1GF3EVu4kWK5BE8jgMujxt1r9N1kVqnC8/s400/IMG_0129.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">October First Theme Day on City Daily Photo: Graffiti</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/themes_archive.php?tid=50%22%3EClick%20here%20to%20view%20thumbnails%20for%20all%20participants%3C/a%3E">Click here to see all Theme Day participants</a></div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-103033252619079182010-07-01T00:01:00.016-05:002010-07-01T10:02:36.144-05:00Theme Day: Reflections<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdF_zIBRsjsuROH5jLhQzOQP2alvS7JQXHLPvivmboXD9Bje_oKKGJ_J_wr_WP8FXeoAdDe6BBw6Pr8XUAhSzJjjZDlAc48duue6pFefE3zbM4xBcEwmQTJCDwywRaIQXX5NhMzfiVAuc/s1600/IMG_5227.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdF_zIBRsjsuROH5jLhQzOQP2alvS7JQXHLPvivmboXD9Bje_oKKGJ_J_wr_WP8FXeoAdDe6BBw6Pr8XUAhSzJjjZDlAc48duue6pFefE3zbM4xBcEwmQTJCDwywRaIQXX5NhMzfiVAuc/s400/IMG_5227.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Gateway Arch, bedrock of my photographic life in St Louis for 16 months!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the first of every month, City Daily Photo hosts Theme Day. This month the theme is </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">reflections</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took this at sunrise from the Illinois side of Eads Bridge last fall, as our time in St. Louis was swiftly coming to a close.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was my great privilege to have the joy of exploring the city of St. Louis and fractions of the states of Missouri and Illinois for sixteen months. I may never be a mid-westerner again, but I now readily understand from experience that there is a great deal to love about the region and its people.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I very well remember the election when John Kerry was running against George Bush. I drove through the midwest on my way to Colorado and Utah that fall. Where I came from, in upstate NY, there was some conviction that Kerry could win. Being a Democrat, I must admit that I was hopeful, though not particularly thrilled with Kerry.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But as I hit Kentucky, and then Illinois, and then Missouri, and then Kansas, and without even talking politics with anyone, not a soul, I began to understand that Kerry didn't have a prayer. The lives of many midwesterners just didn't seem to match the message we were getting from the Democrats and Kerry that year. I still cannot find a clear way to explain this feeling that I had. I just knew it to be true. Call it intuition, which we all know is based upon a lifetime of experience! </span></span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/themes_archive.php?tid=47"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click here to view thumbnails for all participants</span></span></a></div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-75584637776381918582010-05-03T12:22:00.000-05:002010-05-03T12:22:23.097-05:00Konza Prairie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_19GH_p17KyrHw6Noxbf_JuiuOWfOfBwVii9kS5fcDC0YHIh0rdYlLtjjBDJHwvaNemfiA-YAJOYoGOUvSnWxsE1g65wmFXGLDjjnS4aNcvs4m8eaoSqBqvx9Vt7QGO83qskEgTdk0xo/s1600/IMG_0023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_19GH_p17KyrHw6Noxbf_JuiuOWfOfBwVii9kS5fcDC0YHIh0rdYlLtjjBDJHwvaNemfiA-YAJOYoGOUvSnWxsE1g65wmFXGLDjjnS4aNcvs4m8eaoSqBqvx9Vt7QGO83qskEgTdk0xo/s320/IMG_0023.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Konza Prairie near Manhattan Kansas.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We stopped at Konza on May 14 a year ago on our way back from the West. I had just gotten off the Colorado River, Ed had met up with me at Albuquerque and we had a week for driving home. In Santa Fe we learned that his mother had died, and so the trip took on a different life than we had planned. Things have a funny way of working out that way some times. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Konza is close to the northern end of the Flint hills, those hills immortalized by William Least Heat-Moon in </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PrairyErth</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. It was early in the growing season, so we didn't see the great diversity of flowering plants that we might have seen in another month, or two. Instead we saw the views, the bones of the landscape, and migrating birds, and buffalo far off in the distance. Everything in this picture is part of Konza, preserved as a fragment of the heartland before Europeans descended upon it and plowed it up. The Flint Hills defied the plow and so the tenacious and precious prairie survives.</span></span></div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-76337977149551417852010-04-01T05:21:00.002-05:002010-04-02T16:47:07.744-05:00NEW YORK POST Headline: 2ND GIG=EXTRA GIGS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CkFDY-f-VpCMernVv8tWXfgTj5FKk334yOAS8nAGQux3gpoyAqecj550ObvJX6LMV6Ei6aSQ2DVQXpZHIegfFKLtGzazIdHXMtHQgvvfbcxz81oEPaOBJ-kGvepXWD0HMYJvLe3K18k/s1600/IMG_4900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CkFDY-f-VpCMernVv8tWXfgTj5FKk334yOAS8nAGQux3gpoyAqecj550ObvJX6LMV6Ei6aSQ2DVQXpZHIegfFKLtGzazIdHXMtHQgvvfbcxz81oEPaOBJ-kGvepXWD0HMYJvLe3K18k/s400/IMG_4900.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We were shocked to discover that in his obsessive quest for extra memory the famous St. Louis photog took on a second career in Binghamton NY. "No, the commute isn't great, but our customers are outstanding, and that has made it all worthwhile," says Crowe. </span>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-65415961748378899322010-03-22T17:10:00.002-05:002010-03-22T19:00:29.361-05:00Tiffany Dome atop the Atrium at Marshall Field<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zwHAWszicy6h3kAscJa7n5zndAuzSS4_ztaAgyl9TwnPtmOJjTrtxQuIIM6RpKkG55_BWiY1St-5vctkW23iYzhOcvQp47dbdEUFmkknmtfwtW6DqK1Q2hUj4FwGdt-oWsPTGLFPLQQ/s1600-h/IMG_9784.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zwHAWszicy6h3kAscJa7n5zndAuzSS4_ztaAgyl9TwnPtmOJjTrtxQuIIM6RpKkG55_BWiY1St-5vctkW23iYzhOcvQp47dbdEUFmkknmtfwtW6DqK1Q2hUj4FwGdt-oWsPTGLFPLQQ/s400/IMG_9784.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week last year I spend the better part of a day in Chicago in transit to Syracuse to uncover our perennial garden of its fall coat of suffocating leaves. We had been gone to St. Louis for seven months. If I could give it a good going-over, I hoped it would have a better chance to survive the lack of care until the summer, when I would be back to give it a stiff weeding. We, of course, still had no idea that we would be moving back to Syracuse and our home and garden.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I had this luxurious day to explore a city I know very little about. I took the train from St. Louis early in the morning and had about 9 hours before the overnight to New York was due to depart.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I set out on foot. Who hasn't heard of Marshall Field? I wanted to see this architectural landmark, and what I found, among other things, is this Tiffany dome on a five story atrium. The store has changed hands; it retains all the grandeur of its original conception and it has multiple historic designations that will help ensure its survival.</span></span> </div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-14011511907425541472010-03-08T10:54:00.000-06:002010-03-08T10:54:16.010-06:00Shaw's Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDoI2dg_qKmWGXq43KOXYN84WXoYyArEK_7uSCANNNXgXqP-6AmyK1ojiYlaAW_8Lf1pGgtYz-gYruadUOmLNbli1QFnd9Qk8h0dOf54i_NBtANBmz4IljovCMk8vZUa_RUY8UPW1sl0/s1600-h/IMG_7427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDoI2dg_qKmWGXq43KOXYN84WXoYyArEK_7uSCANNNXgXqP-6AmyK1ojiYlaAW_8Lf1pGgtYz-gYruadUOmLNbli1QFnd9Qk8h0dOf54i_NBtANBmz4IljovCMk8vZUa_RUY8UPW1sl0/s400/IMG_7427.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Witch hazel February 15 2009</span></span></span></div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-26875990401780310262010-02-08T07:22:00.001-06:002010-02-09T07:29:16.683-06:00Shaw's Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4p4N2PyIpSk0xRDtXrqFPr8wYlMthFl7_I91CjiYx1ZWN-d3zWUB8d18smKVwb1hvGHz7PtP2xY4c3MmLUwJje1VXPmM-Kgv8YVlh4sg-ruH3NJnmgXbODRhDFD4yS_Y88l8C_hDOiJI/s1600-h/IMG_7351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4p4N2PyIpSk0xRDtXrqFPr8wYlMthFl7_I91CjiYx1ZWN-d3zWUB8d18smKVwb1hvGHz7PtP2xY4c3MmLUwJje1VXPmM-Kgv8YVlh4sg-ruH3NJnmgXbODRhDFD4yS_Y88l8C_hDOiJI/s400/IMG_7351.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the same day we visited the orchid show at the Missouri Botanical Garden last year, at about this time of year, we wandered outside into the garden. It was an overcast and misty day, conditions that make the garden a much different experience than on a sunny day. Here Henry Shaw's country home comes into view looking up a main axis of the garden.</span></span>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-69447596437855772942010-01-25T10:13:00.000-06:002010-01-25T10:13:57.538-06:00Double Slide<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFeydxWOjRfZ9B5SLBsZjGJsnaXneSAuzhPnGUGJrFxtdDtmU5vtuQwkz_aM_ecKRvJGU519SWvDX2szjjfAoLSPwwIN4ibmtdse1UvHAm9ZtdpKAI_0Or_wVLXiIHfOY2nkxlt3MZpY/s1600-h/IMG_7157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFeydxWOjRfZ9B5SLBsZjGJsnaXneSAuzhPnGUGJrFxtdDtmU5vtuQwkz_aM_ecKRvJGU519SWvDX2szjjfAoLSPwwIN4ibmtdse1UvHAm9ZtdpKAI_0Or_wVLXiIHfOY2nkxlt3MZpY/s400/IMG_7157.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Double Slide by Karyn Oliver at Laumeier Sculpture Park, taken about a year ago. It always makes us chuckle.</span></span><br />
</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-37117184293583184772010-01-11T12:37:00.003-06:002010-01-11T12:56:28.945-06:00Snow near Syracuse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6wwf77CpMP88iV1Kw5u04i8q_OAMw0HpJ0mRXsSM62QusI42-KU3leFmzBfXkBqEhuWlM1mcABDTpbfd6T2ecZWzNtyOeUCCFGORlogYVceJcAqoxPA5dvv7X54GNDnNgXi5eBqHZqY/s1600-h/IMG_0841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6wwf77CpMP88iV1Kw5u04i8q_OAMw0HpJ0mRXsSM62QusI42-KU3leFmzBfXkBqEhuWlM1mcABDTpbfd6T2ecZWzNtyOeUCCFGORlogYVceJcAqoxPA5dvv7X54GNDnNgXi5eBqHZqY/s400/IMG_0841.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">H</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ello</span><span style="font-size: small;"> from Syracuse. We have a lot of snow here in Central NY. </span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the city there is about 16 inches, though it will settle over the coming warm (high 30s) spell. There is no snow left on the trees because the sun came out yesterday making a big difference on any surface it hit.</span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I took this yesterday morning twenty miles east of here and 700 feet higher. Altitude makes a big difference.</span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am posting many winter pictures on Merry@Syracuse, http://merryatsyracuse.blogspot.com/ </span></span><br />
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</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-52367573650700211742010-01-01T14:49:00.002-06:002010-01-03T15:23:41.292-06:00St. Louis: Around Town<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX72-yoE6lD6UHwXOEJxcDp2Yn_4I_kn5pbwYS9gLqlnWiq-ZV4cFbznimqD-JM9nNGdk8aEWSyHAI3c3-AUXRYbxMHH88wOjNQiAtR7vbJKvCRFh8v1pSb4W1vm-CPPPnK1fW_LD3cdY/s1600-h/IMG_9954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX72-yoE6lD6UHwXOEJxcDp2Yn_4I_kn5pbwYS9gLqlnWiq-ZV4cFbznimqD-JM9nNGdk8aEWSyHAI3c3-AUXRYbxMHH88wOjNQiAtR7vbJKvCRFh8v1pSb4W1vm-CPPPnK1fW_LD3cdY/s400/IMG_9954.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe you didn't know that St. Louis is the home of Tums, the perfect New Year's Day antidote. Hope you had a happy one!<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PS: Toasted Ravioli...yuk! Tums are good for that, too.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've begun my new blog in Syracuse called Merry@Syracuse. Please visit.<br />
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</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-30313979630250435792009-12-30T14:28:00.024-06:002010-01-03T15:21:59.542-06:00Mark Twain School<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRnVAST49L8-ftvvHFnvA74IvSwYHyW_tFUzaQbZWs6Hr3X6s-GrjRP4WaQk9dsNLWTPFzVs4_W4RqbUngPiHTHNgHavnOXbGHtbzkQxdVknrL2c9ckcCjxYqYscqw3mYZMppr1WZS6o/s1600-h/IMG_9991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRnVAST49L8-ftvvHFnvA74IvSwYHyW_tFUzaQbZWs6Hr3X6s-GrjRP4WaQk9dsNLWTPFzVs4_W4RqbUngPiHTHNgHavnOXbGHtbzkQxdVknrL2c9ckcCjxYqYscqw3mYZMppr1WZS6o/s400/IMG_9991.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Another of my tile finds, this time on the Mark Twain School on the far North side of the city. It is an Ittner school, now abandoned. Blow it up for best effect. I promise to post everything in the way of architecture and ornamentation that I have, which is considerable, on St. Louis Mosaic, my second blog, as soon as I get a block of time. </span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">I now have a third blog, Merry@Syracuse, as we have moved back to Syracuse NY, in my old home region. Expect lots of pictures of snow in the next while over there. We got twelve and a half inches </span></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To celebrate and amuse us during the holiday weeks the Garden creates a flower and train show, this year commemorating the Garden's 150th Anniversary. Someone created models of all the buildings, and Henry Shaw is everywhere. Miniature staff are involved in lots of interesting activities. Be sure to scroll down to find out what happened to a hapless Climatron gardener.</span></span><br />
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</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-21267299936101530222009-12-28T14:00:00.029-06:002010-01-03T14:16:50.606-06:00Gateway Arch with Snow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmzPPttsiTf8b9-kuqZ2VgtaAw9xs9XNJzheYnR_6MEf9ZQ161bjpHhqoWmWKQ1GCRjqM8w7rdErLb0o_Tw8AdccZ6npqqRCakwr0DodHHbI76-_rdaDWHrlCtgp2LEQ5NDhUfranQOg/s1600-h/IMG_0322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmzPPttsiTf8b9-kuqZ2VgtaAw9xs9XNJzheYnR_6MEf9ZQ161bjpHhqoWmWKQ1GCRjqM8w7rdErLb0o_Tw8AdccZ6npqqRCakwr0DodHHbI76-_rdaDWHrlCtgp2LEQ5NDhUfranQOg/s400/IMG_0322.jpg" width="300" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We got a bit of snow, so I hurried to the Arch. Scroll down to see other scenery from up top.</span></span><br />
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</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-40502207552675792632009-12-27T08:25:00.000-06:002010-01-03T14:00:14.519-06:00The Original Cardinals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXljp4f3FJWRHdSmU4hUneutDP7_93yP-4s5u0gkfPdHKlIRUmHPV6Z5HIbT8-V-qbGQRQ_ukx_zcAs5x1sDoJsUX9nbxBFkgvqjmHc-sUUey7_2T5UR-BxtKHjKMgU4tpupx6S8ExOLY/s1600-h/IMG_0479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXljp4f3FJWRHdSmU4hUneutDP7_93yP-4s5u0gkfPdHKlIRUmHPV6Z5HIbT8-V-qbGQRQ_ukx_zcAs5x1sDoJsUX9nbxBFkgvqjmHc-sUUey7_2T5UR-BxtKHjKMgU4tpupx6S8ExOLY/s200/IMG_0479.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyknU2Dch5BQLmiSAQ2NZSnhoYUtcfF0bhtrQo6XKToUrK_XQageZ3opXh3tuGzGngYa7wA_OFBuIf_UZRXXVCj2kn8yXbnqMJ2bC9MXhic4hYX-rBwp0APX-cTm4eDSILILSrzV7opYw/s1600-h/IMG_0472.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyknU2Dch5BQLmiSAQ2NZSnhoYUtcfF0bhtrQo6XKToUrK_XQageZ3opXh3tuGzGngYa7wA_OFBuIf_UZRXXVCj2kn8yXbnqMJ2bC9MXhic4hYX-rBwp0APX-cTm4eDSILILSrzV7opYw/s200/IMG_0472.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-51476956074233560552009-12-26T17:23:00.004-06:002009-12-26T17:32:34.856-06:00Joli<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAFEteivPGo4Qzq2W91p-zMiOrWCuiSw9m8MFOgBi36JIZQEk6YMzA-3nGTvlrE3FgxlZk8caqjJmnFDpCAe0tPISDU3mjkAG_QDwuiOe8fbN-VxsTCKjLC_HwTQ6OHU3xJmeoH7zBLE/s1600-h/IMG_0260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAFEteivPGo4Qzq2W91p-zMiOrWCuiSw9m8MFOgBi36JIZQEk6YMzA-3nGTvlrE3FgxlZk8caqjJmnFDpCAe0tPISDU3mjkAG_QDwuiOe8fbN-VxsTCKjLC_HwTQ6OHU3xJmeoH7zBLE/s400/IMG_0260.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Always curious...always ready to go out.</span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We had a snow storm at midday yesterday </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The storm came at us from the south, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">right up the Mississippi valley in a giant cyclone </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-3681722330144486572009-12-25T07:30:00.001-06:002009-12-25T07:30:55.496-06:00Merry Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5fb1Lr8qtoPgnPtaOU_qqbe-rqy2E7r4cMQrMTV6vx-YH2EeQHMkqH9AXPWQ1vAMS1ZMbzoM3OM51n5tEtxricCIQdKv8aUah-IxG8KWXFyJ8MdwybsKP8E3rXtv6vGPGO5dGc9UHLE/s1600-h/IMG_5327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5fb1Lr8qtoPgnPtaOU_qqbe-rqy2E7r4cMQrMTV6vx-YH2EeQHMkqH9AXPWQ1vAMS1ZMbzoM3OM51n5tEtxricCIQdKv8aUah-IxG8KWXFyJ8MdwybsKP8E3rXtv6vGPGO5dGc9UHLE/s400/IMG_5327.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">Thank you, Robert Indiana.</span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">His iconic LOVE design was first published as a Christmas card in 1964. </span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">The sculptures came a little later.</span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">We were in New Orleans last Christmas and found this with great delight </span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">at the sculpture garden adjoining the New Orleans Museum of Art. </span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">It was a balmy day. </span></span></span><br />
</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-79729225338881656442009-12-24T11:07:00.000-06:002009-12-24T11:07:24.841-06:00Season's Greetings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMRC2pchiV8AE5WD6PLcZ7SCOX8qVBgy84ibEOWpmzV9LK9DkOykUfvCPL5WTMV6qcAl5UARu39jUObOXaMjGwqTydP_Bcf3pn4ZQGP1mpbwvg6_UNhkFjkTl7PH6ZJv5XRFG4rdYQN0/s1600-h/IMG_4406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMRC2pchiV8AE5WD6PLcZ7SCOX8qVBgy84ibEOWpmzV9LK9DkOykUfvCPL5WTMV6qcAl5UARu39jUObOXaMjGwqTydP_Bcf3pn4ZQGP1mpbwvg6_UNhkFjkTl7PH6ZJv5XRFG4rdYQN0/s400/IMG_4406.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-24755111560428035122009-12-23T10:50:00.001-06:002009-12-24T10:54:35.890-06:00City Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0Yu7QXEjhjMwU_iVmIZnG_Qh63hGsPrW2ge-v5pIuN-xLvaehkSQALQpLHlMnf26X-apfp6rsggfHL4x2HI1teSNBZdJ3dmRFflpMU0OLcfquIjjWJg53dKVgGF-GhEFFrp-VvNtL-8/s1600-h/IMG_9976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0Yu7QXEjhjMwU_iVmIZnG_Qh63hGsPrW2ge-v5pIuN-xLvaehkSQALQpLHlMnf26X-apfp6rsggfHL4x2HI1teSNBZdJ3dmRFflpMU0OLcfquIjjWJg53dKVgGF-GhEFFrp-VvNtL-8/s400/IMG_9976.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-42503991474948365072009-12-22T10:46:00.000-06:002009-12-24T10:49:52.517-06:00St. Louis Zoo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBD-M7fMVOtK2Eu9Czus6Mc5mVqHFQ32JttIEgk_hJZtAICLBgjWf2ozgZVQJFQDvunPS-KFmIpb5VsSuDBAj1UECyGvpiLDYIN5CzFclNUXjVyI3661m7sSHKyp_Z68NElM3stEdXhSo/s1600-h/IMG_9715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBD-M7fMVOtK2Eu9Czus6Mc5mVqHFQ32JttIEgk_hJZtAICLBgjWf2ozgZVQJFQDvunPS-KFmIpb5VsSuDBAj1UECyGvpiLDYIN5CzFclNUXjVyI3661m7sSHKyp_Z68NElM3stEdXhSo/s400/IMG_9715.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">There's a rock at the entrance to the zoo....</span></span></span><br />
</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-32697107016768827362009-12-21T08:02:00.003-06:002009-12-21T08:38:33.828-06:00Gateway Arch on Winter Solstice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdW7rKQdIqgeOhDgxvr469sd4h_cdU9yhe7cUKV18FpRrnCtJvUelD2xp_5mLmDjSpIUmFFkeEh-h6QW_8mcMgoxHBVC-cNAycQwj-lo-DBGRG0c1TbK3MBOajOn03a0SAmMKCzPbOj6g/s1600-h/IMG_9891_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdW7rKQdIqgeOhDgxvr469sd4h_cdU9yhe7cUKV18FpRrnCtJvUelD2xp_5mLmDjSpIUmFFkeEh-h6QW_8mcMgoxHBVC-cNAycQwj-lo-DBGRG0c1TbK3MBOajOn03a0SAmMKCzPbOj6g/s400/IMG_9891_2.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After I bring Ed to work, returning home I am treated to a scene which includes the Arch directly ahead.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lately darkness prevails, giving the Arch a one dimensional look. It is not lighted by the National Park Service at this hour, though it shines with the reflected light of downtown streetlights and the slowly awakening hotels and offices.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The morning I took this, a few days ago, a break in the clouds showed that the sun would be coming along, though the break soon closed.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So it is with today, the darkest day of the year. Just after midnight, the light began, incrementally, to return.<br />
</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-23425733845772008532009-12-20T15:59:00.001-06:002009-12-21T07:47:12.535-06:00Gateway Arch Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQuNVADNO2KuANDNr43QjAK_4l4jaHyfCuWRgJA7R-PE1tPp2hOXSWCNaAkasbQroHLik9DEmmXYIRIvgYyA-uGdgc7Qy26icKJqTFlQk9atEjZiFb6L5nJV9aycA1Wxsgus-mAiTxoBI/s1600-h/IMG_9932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQuNVADNO2KuANDNr43QjAK_4l4jaHyfCuWRgJA7R-PE1tPp2hOXSWCNaAkasbQroHLik9DEmmXYIRIvgYyA-uGdgc7Qy26icKJqTFlQk9atEjZiFb6L5nJV9aycA1Wxsgus-mAiTxoBI/s400/IMG_9932.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We chose an overcast day to go to brunch in the Millenium Hotel tower. There are irregular shaped pools to the north and south of the Arch, hidden especially in summer by leaves and the valley which contains each. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the wondrous things about this region is the presence of bald cypress trees, which I have always equated with Florida. I will miss them.<br />
</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-89422030855318987912009-12-19T12:48:00.001-06:002009-12-19T12:51:36.540-06:00Bald Eagle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1flGcoT7yzu-LvvbVonn0XH5ZHd4i-yuAXwI8SEIwFxuR9SGtgBzjE1WbD_R2cLt6inUT3tyqyScprCy1kqEOUYfwMKFNB1rd2YMy2n53bPHPa_K0wvK9v-fbeEK6A8SuFIQtdGLxM0/s1600-h/IMG_3538+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1flGcoT7yzu-LvvbVonn0XH5ZHd4i-yuAXwI8SEIwFxuR9SGtgBzjE1WbD_R2cLt6inUT3tyqyScprCy1kqEOUYfwMKFNB1rd2YMy2n53bPHPa_K0wvK9v-fbeEK6A8SuFIQtdGLxM0/s400/IMG_3538+(1).jpg" /></a><br />
</div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This was our first bald eagle when we started to look for them last year soon after we arrived in St. Louis. Near Columbia Bottom we walked way out, half way across the river bed on sand flats because the Mississippi was so low, when we spotted this bird just taking it easy.</span></span><br />
<div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We felt very fortunate to be able to watch this one for over a half an hour. Ed writes about bald eagles on his blog, St. Louis Sojourn, today.</span></span><br />
</div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Many villages and towns have Eagle Days during January: great fun on a chilly winter day. </span></span><br />
</div>Merry@Syracusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908776145248375697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024213580712541910.post-28631700065005514282009-12-18T16:05:00.002-06:002009-12-20T16:13:34.428-06:00Soulard Tiles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUc3Tthkxp_wOWdQASAC9lfp-ZlCUEp6ZIyknRda3pGnAarb0-rsElOj53cz62X4DGYwOT1yNC4TXTpgONae9ZMwHArVcImLkNRBe4W3dGZKKWfDaesB5QxpcgXmdgNTIMFTLw5PWbS4/s1600-h/IMG_9007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUc3Tthkxp_wOWdQASAC9lfp-ZlCUEp6ZIyknRda3pGnAarb0-rsElOj53cz62X4DGYwOT1yNC4TXTpgONae9ZMwHArVcImLkNRBe4W3dGZKKWfDaesB5QxpcgXmdgNTIMFTLw5PWbS4/s400/IMG_9007.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;">This</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;"> stunning mural is right on Russell St. in Soulard. Made of extremely irregularly shaped pieces of terra cotta, some details don't make it to adjacent tiles such as the left cow's legs. No matter. It is still a magnificent picture. </span></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;">Below is the entire tableau</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;">. Click to enlarge them to good effect.</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Budweiser keeps a large group of Clydesdales at Grant's Farm here in St. Louis, mares with foals in the spring, large groups of geldings from which to choose for the famous 8-hitch teams, and probably a stallion or two.</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There are always a couple of horses at the brewery near the river, in a paddock outside the Busch family's historic and architecturally beautiful stable. The family lived in an adjacent house at this site, gone now, and also at the farm which is now Grant's Farm.</span></span></span><br />
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