366 day 60

Windy, but nice, getting the production trailer ready for tomorrow's shoot at the Kauffman Center.  We're in the Muriel Kauffman Theater this time, first time there.  The show is  "Meet the Past".  It's a series of shows in which we interview famous historical figures.
The photo today is another shot of the KCTV tower:

 

Tornado Watch!

Seems awfully early in the session for that, 'course it's been spring for most the winter, so why not?  Here are some words to live by from the Cancer Survivors Memorial on the Plaza:

365 day 58

Nice but cool today, supposed to rain alot tomorrow.  How about a rose for the photo?

Sunday, fun day

In the 60's, wonderful!  Went to Emporia, stopped by Phoenix Herb on the way home for some teas.  Up 43rd in the art school district were these bike racks shaped like giant bike locks.  Cool looking:

365 day 56

What a game!  KU survives, K-State doesn't.  Missouri goes down to KU.  Wished K-State could have wooped Iowa State.  League play is winding down, headed for the March Madness.  Gonna miss it when it's gone.  Here the photo:

The "rocket" on top of the former TWA building and the KCTV tower in the background.

Friday

End of the week, meetings all day.  Alternated between the Kauffman Center and the Station several times, big doings coming up..Here's a photo of Union Station's Grand Hall.

365 day 54

Thursday's give you hope, 'cause Fridays' just around the corner.  I guess colder tomorrow.  That's OK, March is in sight.  Here's a decorative facade on the old Fed Reserve Building on Grand:

What a day!

Another beautiful day!  Sun was bright and gorgeous.  Went down Scamps Alley, grabbed a shot of Epstein's Hardware.  Great store.

365 day 52

Another spring day in February!  What a winter!  Beautiful sunset, reflecting off the downtown buildings.  Tomorrow is supposed to be even better. 

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1st Day of the Week (unless you count Sunday)

Walkway between Union Station and Crown Center:

365 Day 50

Drove down and saw Jan's Mom today, swung by Union Station on the way home and grabbed a "symmetry" photo:

Market Day Saturday

Nice day, alittle cooler.  Breakfast at Casconi's, wandered around the market, went to a funeral for my boss's dad.  Ate at Cheesecake Factory, watched Kansas beat up on Texas Tech.  Nice day.  Here's the photo of the day:

For those of you that don't know; this the one of the paddlewheels from the steamship Arabia museum at the City Market

Back to the Station

Even on a nice day, Union Station is still a great place to get some good photos.  Lots of folks there today. Once again, I had trouble deciding which photo to use,  I think I'll go with the clock photo.  What a great thing, that they were able to restore the clock with the station, after decades of "I'll meet you under the clock", a saying synonymous with Kansas City.  So, the photo:

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Thursday, Headed for Friday

Great day!  Weather was wonderful.  Payday Friday tomorrow!  Then the weekend!  Walk up to The Scout, can't drive up there anymore.  Took a bunch of photos, had trouble picking one.  This is the one:

365 day 46

Well, the cool clouds of yesterday brought in the rain and the fog, so I found some lights in the fog to take a shot of.  Not the best shot, but it's kinda cheery.

Valentine's Day

Jan and I had a nice meal at Bolings in the market.  Nice to see it busy, we're usually about the only ones in there.  Caught this shot earlier from midtown looking north.  Nice view. The clouds are cool. 

365 day 44

Trying to watch the Kansas vs Kstate game.  Time Warner lost the ESPN feed just as the game was starting!  I'm listening to it on the CBS website.  What a rip!  Well, it's Valentine's Eve, here's the photo of the day:

Toe the Line

Swung back to midtown on my way home this afternoon.  I didn't get a chance to get up on the railroad bridge between Union Station and The Freight House yesterday.  One lone man was standing there, he seemed to be waiting for a train to pass under the bridge.  His solitary figure and all the bright lines and dark shadows suggested overwhelming desperation....... or maybe not.  See what you think.

 

Saturday, day 42

Well, I'm roaming the Crossroad district today.  Here's some art I ran across.  I think it is a tape worm (not to insult the artist), so that's what I'm calling it. 

    Huh, tape worm, right?!   

Finally Friday...

Nice sunset tonight, but darn cold.  Wind cut right thru' you.  This is the walkway to "Old Kansas Town" Archeology site, looking back toward downtown,  the blue is from the cold, LOL:

365 day 40

A dreary February day.  This is the Kansas City version of "The Vietnam Wall".  Sober place, made even more so by the weather:

365 day 39

Wow, only 327 days left in this year.  Winter better hurry up and get over, I'm running out of ideas.  I need flowers and leafy trees and running water and thunder and lightning and animals cavorting and children playing (or is it animals playing and children cavorting?). Anyway here's what I came up with today:

I know, it's the wave again, but this one is in the morning.

Silver Streak!

Cold and rain, snow tonight.  Oh, well.  Dropped by Union Station (great photos to be had there) and the escalator (of all things) caught my eye.  So here it is:

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Monday, yuck!

Drove up to the Rosedale Memorial Arch, pretty good view from up there.  It's Monday and I don't have much to say, just here's the photo of the day:

You Looking at Me?!

Went to Emporia today, drove home on old Hwy 50.  Not much traffic, hoped to get some wildlife photos.  Not much out today, although it was beautiful.  Some hawks, a feral cat, geese.  But there was a couple of llamas in a field that didn't mind me getting close to them, except they got upset with each other.  So here is the friendlier of the two:

Rain and rain

Might get some snow tonight, overdue for some (still hope we don't get it).  Wet, rainy today all day long.  Went to wine tasting at World Market for a little bit, they give some good ones.  Then took Janny to a baby shower, I stayed in the car and played with her new Ipad.  Stopped by and checked the trailer, here's a picture of it in the "cave":

365 day 34

Well, it had to end sometime, rain and wind, but no snow!  OK, I can deal with it.  Took a couple of pictures today, one of my croton and one of the stump of huge tree they had cut down just days ago in Union Cemetery.  I think I like the stump better:

  So, here you go.

Another Beautiful Spring Day in February!

Nice color in the sunrise this morning, another gorgeous day.  Here's one of the city with the morning light reflected on it:

Hope you enjoy it.

What a beau-u-utiful day!

Incredible weather for the 1st of February.  Could have been April or May.  Didn't get out much.  Here's the shot:

Thought about the shot last night after the visit to Union Station yesterday, stopped back by on lunch.  Thought sepia was definitely the way to go.

Make Your Move!

Heh, heh.  Couldn't pass up this shot.  He's gonna attack, he's not, he's gonna, he's not.  Which is it?  Check the second picture for the context. Here we go:

Here's the second:

Don't know why this rhino statue was sitting outside Union Station next to a dumpster, but it was a interesting photo.  What's your hypothesis?
I hope they're not throwing it in the dumpster, I can sure find a place for it.

365 day 30

This poor mallard drake was sitting all alone on Turkey Creek, thought he needed some recognition, so here he is:

Sunday Night

Went back and grabbed a shot of "Bird" at night.  The lighting is pretty direct, but it is interesting.  Here you go:

365 day 28

Saturday in the big town.  Had breakfast at Casconi's in the market, good as usual.  Went by work and got this shot.  Photo of the day:

Finally Friday!

Finally the week is done.  Gonna enjoy the weekend.  Went to Grunauer's for dinner based on the Check, Please! episode featuring them.  I'm sorry to say we were disappointed.  My Schweinebraten was good, but my wife's daily "special" (a stuffed pork roast) was so fatty as to be inedible.  They were "gracious" enough to knock $5 off the tab!  I left a business card and a note.  Oh, well, enough bitching.  Swung by Kauffman
center on the way home, so the picture of the day:

The red glow on the sign was provided by the brake lights of a passing car.

Fossils on the Plaza?

So, once again, wandering about the Plaza, how can you go wrong?  Got some good shots of Brush Creek and the fountains, but the photo of the day was something I noticed on the way back to the truck.  One of the large boulders lining the walkway from the boulevard to the creek was loaded with fossils of marine life:  tube-worms, bivalves, gastopods, etc.  So, I thought, rather than the usual Plaza picts, this is alittle unusual:

365 day 25

Greetings on hump day!  Went by the Plaza and the Cancer Survivor's park.  Here is the art piece at the north end of the park.

Back to 18th and Vine, part Deux

At Arthur Bryant's, getting a beef and pork combo this evening.  Swung down to 18th and Vine to get a photo.  Here is the Swing Shop at night, pretty dead for a Tuesday night.  The main room on Arthur Bryant's was full though!  Must have been the Google coupon!

Stay Between The Lines!

Visited the south end of Bartle Hall, some really neat art work.  This is the rear of two heads, one with features and one without.  I really like this view, lines going everywhere.  Did this in HDR.

Can you stay between the lines?

365 day 22

Went down to OP today after Emporia this AM.  Came by this waterfall at Vincent Associates, 103 and Metcalf.  Liked the waterfall, with the ice on a 60 degree day.  What's up with 60 degrees on January 22nd anyway?  And tonight, lightning and hail!  Weird weather.  Cool waterfall though:

Could bearly stay warm today!

Brrrrrrrr! It was cold today.  Decided to stay in, so a still life.  This bear (created by my mom and dad) has been thru' fire, flood and about 25 years of love, moves and storage.  So, he is the star of the day. 

(I think we named him Smoky after the fire)

365 day 20

Couldn't think of anywhere to go, to busy at lunch.  Went to Aldi after work, really close to A. Zahner Company Architectural Firm's building in Kansas City, MO.  It was sunset, so the light was great.  I like this one the best:

Nice , huh?  I named it Sunset Waves.

Back to 18th and Vine

 

Swung by 18th and Vine on my way in to work this AM.  Shot some more photos of the Charley "Bird" Parker Bust.  I had entered a photo of it on a amateur photographer group website on LinkedIn the other day for critique and took the comments to heart and went to reshoot it.  With the suggestions in mind it came out much better.  So here it is:

365 day 18

Drove thru' the old Hyde Park neighborhood on my lunch hour today, beautiful old homes.  Saw this sculpture from Harrison Parkway and stopped to see it.  Liked it, took a photo of it.  Don't know the name of it, couldn't find anything on it. I named it "Fatal Decision".  Here it is:

Forlorn, isn't it?

Cruising down Linwood Blvd!

I have always admired the Scottish Rites Temple at Linwood and the Paseo.  It is a magnificent building and I understand you can get a tour.  I'm going to do that one of these days.  There is also a really cool art deco traffic light built in the 1930's (designed by Edward Buehler Deck) in the center of the intersection.  I took one of a city bus going by and of a fire truck.  The bus one shows the building and the traffic light, but the fire truck is cooler looking.  I think I will post both!

and

Catch of the Day!

Stopped by Bell Street D'Bronx to pick up a large D'Bronx special and as I was waiting they got an order for a Party size Special from two of the city's finest.  I stayed around to watch him "throw" it.  Always amazes me that they are able to spin that big of a disc of dough.  Well, here is the 365 day 16:

Enjoy!   And support your local pizza shops.

Emporia or Bust!

Drove to Emporia to meet Dad for lunch.  Drive, drive, drove, drove.  Here is the photo of the day:
Back to Kauffman Gardens;  Stopped by for a quick shot in the arboretum.  From the front, no seed spots, from the back, well you see.  See you tomorrow! 

Wandering the City

"I'm gonna be standing on the corner, 12th Street and Vine, with my Kansas City baby and a bottle of Kansas City wine".
Couldn't decided which one to post today.  The 365 (366) rules (I am making them up as I go) only say you have to post a photo that you took that day, it doesn't say you can't post two!  In my wanderings (before the games came on), I took several that I like and I'm going to post a couple. First one goes with the song:

Now the second one is cool in a weird sort of way.  "Descent of Civilization (Bison Memorial)"by Marc Swanson is a bronze sculpture of a buffalo skeleton. Pretty novel, having it in Quality Hill, where, I suppose, buffalo did roam back in the day.  Here's my favorite of the ones I shot:

Kinda menacing, isn't he.  Check back tomorrow, to see what I can come up with then.