After The Year We've Had...

... I'd take any form of emotional help, any sort of relief, even if it's from Dr. Madeleine. She was at a day of special kids' activities at the history museum. Maybe there are some good pills in that desk.

We can hope 2017 will be better but I can't say I'm optimistic. The climate just gets hotter, a particular political party gets crueler, and we face an unfathomable, horrifying condition: President Donald Trump. Maybe I could just stay in bed under the covers, but I'll probably go out and take pictures of whatever it is that happens.

CDP New Year's theme day tomorrow. My pictures of the year are ready.      

Dedicated To Art

These pictures are from the same foggy day walkabout as in recent posts.This is the front of the St. Louis Art Museum, finished just in time for the 1904 World's Fair held in Forest Park. The architect was the renowned Cass Gilbert.

It is an excellent museum for a city our size. However, it has the best motto for a public building I've ever seen: dedicated to art and free to all. Really. Gratis. It, the zoo and the history museum (which I expect to visit today) are supported by a small bump on the real estate tax in St. Louis City and County.            

Louie Louie

https://youtu.be/4V1p1dM3snQ .  That's all I have to say today.             

Fool On The Hill

He was sitting on the wall under the great statue of St. Louis, gazing through the fog down Art Hill to the Grand Basin. I walked by under the wall, taking pictures. I said hi. He said hi. I asked him what he had with him. A glass chess set and a volume of Aristotle, he said. I asked if I could take his picture. He said sure. I did, said thanks, and then walked away with a tune in my head.          

The Mother Ship Has Landed

That's what the Climatron makes me think of when it glows with green LEDs. The image below could be moon rise or set in another solar system.          

Christmas Day In The Lou

This is the ghost of Christmas present. Chilly and damp. Fog, thicker and thicker as you approach the river. Not approved by Charles Dickens, Santa Claus or Macy's. But, hey, it's home and we're together.

Top to bottom: Forest Park, Maryland Plaza, Citygarden.         

Christmas In St. Louis

From Madeleine and all the Crowes.