Showing posts with label Missouri Bottom Conservation Area. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Missouri Bottom Conservation Area. Show all posts

Thursday, March 14, 2024

NOT AT ALL BOTANICAL

When I got to the botanical garden on Monday, I took a seat in the cafe and ordered some lunch. It is in the new-ish main entry and visitors center.  These windows face south and do a good job of filtering the sun while bringing in plenty of light. But it's just so rectilinear, in contrast to all the plant life outside.

Today, 3/14 in American date notation, is Pi Day in some parts of the world. Around here it's just plain 314 Day, that being the telephone area code for the center of our region. I think there will be something to photograph on the theme.              

Monday, July 24, 2023

AH! SUN-FLOWER

Ah Sun-flower! weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the Sun:
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the travellers journey is done. 

                   - William Blake, 1794

The Columbia Bottom Conservation Area is a preserve in far north St. Louis County along the Missouri River. All summer long the state agency that manages it plants acres of sunflowers in staggered groups so some area is in its glory throughout the season. Mrs. C and I took a drive up to view the spectacle yesterday.