Sort Of The Thursday Arch Series, Plus What's Good For Your Tummy

 

Thursday Arch photos have been few and far between since the grounds remain torn up during the renovations. This picture was taken from the parapets of the baseball stadium, looking northeast. The cylindrical buildings were a hotel. The taller one was built 40-something years ago.  It became dated, there was no money for major improvements and it closed. Now it's another vacant building in downtown St. Louis.

The building in the foreground is the only working factory downtown. It makes Tums, the popular antacid tablet. So if you eat too much nasty ballpark food, you can just walk across the street and see if they have any free samples.

High Contrast

One of the butterflies hanging out on a leaf. Fun with Photoshop. It's been a long day.                 

Blue Morpho

There is a large butterfly house, something like a three-story greenhouse, in a park in the nether suburbs. I had never been there. We decided to take Madeleine for a visit on Sunday.

I've visited butterfly enclosures before in the US and particularly in Costa Rica but never before have I seen such a density of the winged bugs. It was a warm, sunny day and they were very active. This blue morpho took a break on the reinforced glass wall.        

Madeleine Monday

We seem to be over the grab-the-camera-and-look-at-myself phase for the moment. So, whether she is accepting the essential oneness of all things, out on an adventure or just being a tired little girl late in the game, Madeleine returns to these pages.                 

Civic Pride

Everyone needs something to feed their self-esteem. We're sort of a third-rank (third-rate?) city so the generally successful baseball team gives us a boost.

I've been to a few World Series games here but the first one I attended was the one on that column for 1964. I was 14 and a rabid Yankees fan. Don't know how he did it but my father scored a couple of tickets to a game of the New York - St. Louis championship contest. The Cardinals won the game and I was bitterly disappointed. Little did I know...                   

It's That Time Of Year

It's opening week of the St. Louis Cardinals' baseball season. Mrs. C, Emily, Madeleine and I attended last night, watching the local heroes drub Cincinnati 14-3.

Madeleine stayed relatively still! There wasn't much room to wiggle in the crowd and maybe she is growing out of that grab-the-camera-and-look-at-me phase. In the third picture, the Cincinnati center fielder unsuccessfully tries to grab one of the Cardinals' many home runs.             

Evening On The Street

On the street in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago as night falls. 

The family is going to the Cardinals game tonight so I'll get some new local material.