Saturday night at the Uptown

Ever since I first heard it, I've marveled that parents could name their child, their son Adonis.

This was there Saturday night, anyway.

Who could but wish them well?

A truck and tractor pull like no other

Because this one was Peculiar:

The Nelson has a new exhibit of photography

The day of the weird possible photos

Today has to be the day--the day of the weird, possible photos. First, I drive by the JC Nichols fountain at the Country Club Plaza in Mill Creek Park and there's a guy walking around down there with a protest sign. Sure, I know, not that weird, yet. The thing is, he's wearing nothing but an American flag, diaper-like and footwear (shoes, socks). That's it. The sign says "DISHONOR!" so I assume he's protesting the new photos that were released today by the Los Angeles Times, showing American soldiers desecrating Afghan war kills. Yikes. The 2nd really odd photo opportunity that made itself available to me today was in Midtown (of course) when I saw a very large man riding in a motorized chair in the street, no less, and he was carrying two big pink boxes of Lamar's donuts (their spelling, not mine). I mean, come on. It just doesn't get any better than this. And me with no camera. Ugh.

I'm so old...

(Taken from a link from Midtown Miscreant's blog--The American Digest, to be open about it). Have a great holiday weekend, y'all.

HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY, SARAH!!!

Happy Thanksgiving, happy holidays

 

Weston, Missouri.

Happy Independence Day, everyone!

 

Happy Independence Day weekend, y'all

 

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day out there, indeed.
This shot is dedicated to all the Moms and Mothers out there, sure, and particularly and especially to Helen Marie McCall Evans--Mom.
We lost her in 2000.
A harder working, more dedicated, sincere, compassionate and passionate person you could never want to meet.
We love and miss you, Mom.

How about that sunshine yesterday afternoon?

I may be all wet on this but I don't think so.  It just seems as though there's been a great deal of cloudy weather and days and not that much sun.  So yesterday, when the sun did break out, all of a sudden about what? 5 o'clock, it seems like the whole world opened up.  It seemed like it gave a rush of energy to everything and everyone. 
As it happened, as the sun broke out, I was meeting friends for dinner.  I looked across the place and saw this great sun and shade and started snapping pictures.  I liked how a few, at least, turned out, including this one, of course.
So with that, here's your sunshine for today.  It looks like we aren't to get any more now for a few days, too.  If you need it, come back here (or go to my other blog KC Photog Blog.  I'll have more there, too).

Enjoy your Sunday, ya'll.

April showers? May flowers?

To heck with that.  We need color and we need it now.
It seems as though everything is either gray or brown outside right now.

Have a great day, y'all.

Ray Metzker at the Nelson

The Nelson-Atkins Art Gallery opened a new--and free--exhibit today showing Ray Metzker's photography.

Go.

Enjoy.

You may thank me later.

I, on the other hand, would like to thank the Hall family, the Hall Family Foundation and Hallmark for making it happen, through their gift(s) of this photography, over the years.

Have a great weekend, y'all.

Happy Thanksgiving to all

Just for fun

Hey, don't blame the photographer.  This was the way it was last Summer, when I drove by.

Nelson workout

This cracked me up this Summer and believe me, I'm not laughing at these young men.  These 6 guys were working out and what amused me is just the unique way they chose to do their workouts.  You're seeing correctly--they're crawling down the stairs on the South side of the Nelson Art Gallery.  At bottom, they would then go back up, of course.  Later, they were wrestling with one another on the landing here.  It was just some young getting in a workout and having fun at the same time.  I was glad to catch it.