BurningbirdI finally bowed to wisdom and hiking in hot, humid Missouri summers and had my hair cut short. Short, short – about 3 inches in length all around. At the hair place – not a fancy place, Sam’s or some such thing – the stylist really took her time, carefully checking the cut every few […]
With all good intentions I go on these walks along the Katy Trail determined that I’m going to walk to a specific point, turn around and head back to the car and get home at a reasonable time. But then I end up going farther on the drive then planned – those country roads – […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I spent the afternoon and early evening at the Busch Wilderness Center, exploring the 35 lakes contained within the area. For an out-of-water nymph like myself, just drifting between the lakes — small and large — was like coming home. What was especially delightful, wonderful, and surprising is that each […]
I spent several hours until the setting sun finally drove me home tonight exploring along Highway 94, Katy Trail, and points beyond and between – getting totally lost in the beauty. I have so many pictures, I’ll have to post them throughout the week. And stories of trees with eyes and swamps and bats and […]
Wonderful exhausting day spent on the trails at Shaw, taking photos of all the flowers. The place was alive with more than flowers: tiny lizards crawled across the path, and at one place a hawk flew overhead, screaming at us to stay away from its nest. Lots of butterflies and near the river, we ended […]