JEWEL BOX

 

Out cruising for fall colors, an obvious stop is the Jewel Box in Forest Park, https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/parks/parks/Jewel-Box.cfm/.  It is a large greenhouse in Art Deco style. The floral displays outside change with the season.                          

ST. ANTHONY PREACHING TO THE BIRDS

I spent most of yesterday hanging out with my sister and brother-in-law in State College, Pennsylvania, home of Penn State University. They spent their careers there, she in administration, he in the faculty.  No new images from here so I'll roll the tape back a bit. This statue is near the Jewel Box glass house we've seen lately. I know this is a traditional image and story, but one wonders about the effect of preaching to creatures without language and brains the size of macadamia nuts. 

But look at those cool platform sandals.           

JEWEL BOX

This seems to be tulip week at STL DPB. It's the right time of the year in this climate. Now the scene shifts to Forest Park and the Jewel Box, a display greenhouse with an art deco flair. You can rent it for private events or just sit and enjoy the colors.             

Jewel Box

The Jewel Box is a glass house in Forest Park. It has tropical plants, nothing special. You often see weddings there. It looks pretty good even on a gray day with its reflecting pool and surrounded by tulips.                              

Ah...

Cue it up, Ludwig.

Back in The Lou, where it's spring and it rains and there are flowers all over the place. This is the Jewel Box in Forest Park, an Art Deco conservatory. It's full of and surrounded by flowers at this time of year.

The city is in bloom and we will see more of it this week. Then on the road again over the weekend.

       

Year's End

The last day of 2012. It has been a challenging time in my practice with significant changes in the field. The hours were often too long, taking time from other interests. It's also had special pleasures as Carolyn and I go through our 38th year happily together: the news about our grandchild; visits to Death Valley, Philadelphia, New York, Costa Rica, Birmingham, Seattle, Kansas and Los Angeles; and a week of intense photography study at the Maine Media Workshops. Now for another chapter.

We wrap up with sunset scenes in Forest Park taken Saturday, just to prove we got some snow this winter. Above, the Jewel Box, a giant greenhouse. Below, two views of Art Hill and the Grand Lagoon. The buildings in the background of the last one are part of Washington University Medical Center, where I sometimes get this and that fixed.

There are more good pictures of New York City (you can see them here) but I thought it best to end the year in St. Louis.

TOMORROW: A review of STL DPB's best photographs from 2012. IMHO, of course.