The infrared pictures I've been posting look strange, but I suppose that's the point. I decided to drop back into the visible spectrum in the same venue. I wouldn't stick my nose this close to a bee, even though this one is tiny, but I'm not so worried using my lens.
We will be back to more typical material soon. Our Michigan grandchildren, whom we see all too seldom, will be in town for a few days, and we're doing the grand tour of St. Lou kid stuff.
Another infrared image from the Nature Playscape in Forest Park. Someone on a Facebook group I belong to said this looks like a winter late afternoon after snow has cleared. Well, that's dumb luck. I usually don't go for pretty but this has its charms.
There is a new, or at least repurposed, area in Forest park called Nature Playscape, https://www.forestparkforever.org/playscape. Its web page says that it is an
experiential play space with natural landscapes . . . featuring distinct activity areas, include[ing] sand play areas, willow tunnels, stump steppers, boulders and rocks, hand water pumps and much more. The goal: Encourage visitors — especially kids — to connect with nature as they engage their senses as they explore, discover and learn.
I took Ellie there a couple of weeks ago and she was bored. We think it's not so great as a children's play area but a beautiful place for adults to wander in a carefully curated recreation of Midwestern meadows and woods. Parts of it deserve close visual attention.
Another infrared shot obviously.
