FROM THE LOU TO YOU

A quiet Christmas Day at our house. Mrs. C and I don't do gifts but we do make contributions in one  another's names to causes that are meaningful to us. Ellie, however, made out like a bandit, which we may see here tomorrow.

And freakishly warm, flirting with record high temp. Many events newly restricted with the virus flare, and I'm high risk. A worrisome day.              

Twilight

If the Cardinals are St. Louis' state religion then the players must be the gods. I was going to title this post Götterdämmerung but then I thought, sheesh, that's just a little too precious. In any event, a beautiful summer evening sky looking toward the Missisippi.              

Merry Christmas From St. Louis

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We miss the kids today, of course, but it's also nice just to have the two of us this morning. Up and out to the airport, though. Flying to New York and then driving across the city to the New Jersey suburbs to see my family.  Hope to get some camera time on the streets of my home town.

The Twilight Zone

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The best time to shoot outdoor light decorations is the half-hour right after sunset. I was working Sunday afternoon and, of course, sunset is very early now, so I walked over to Citygarden to see what I could find. The holiday displays are inventive.

This is Bernar Venet's mathematical abstraction 2 Arcs X 4, 230.5 Degree Arc X 5 showing some unexpected charm. The view is southeast toward 8th and Market, with a couple of office buildings and the two towers of the Hilton Hotel in the background.

We'll do some more of this but it's the Thursday Arch Series tomorrow. And now for something completely different.