Message of Love

A message of love was left on my driveway letting me know that all of my hard work in the garden this weekend was appreciated. Seriously… when watering, the driveway had gotten wet… later when I looked down everything had dried but this spot.

Graffiti

This was a small portion of a graffiti wall taken yesterday on the driving tour. This will likely be the first of several West Bottoms alley shots for the coming week.

Today it was 78 degrees!!! Every bone in my body hurts because I raked leaves for 5 hours… WOW… good exercise, but how am I going to finish tomorrow? I won’t if I can’t get out of bed!!! HaHa

Bare Naked Light

Another photo of a bare light bulb and some research is in order. There must be a way to get a sharper edge on the bulb. Suggestions are welcomed!! As long as I’m soliciting suggestions, if anyone has a favorite scanner it would be great to know. The old photographs are begging to be scanned and shared with family.

These lights were hanging from the warehouse ceiling at Good JuJu. It was a Fun First Friday, (FFF) with Bits of Joy at Red Cedar Gardens, The Summer’s Garden of Steve Hess, Good JuJu, a little driving tour of the West Bottoms, Manny’s for margaritas and a burrito, a button run at Helzberg Jewelry, Paper Source, Anthropology, City Union Mission Thrift, DAV Thrift and Goodwill… whew, no wonder I have a back ache, but it was a day worth every ache!! At 5:00 today, the car said the temperature was 76 degrees… another absolutely fabulous November day.

Last Rose of Summer?

I say last rose of summer, but it is November. It certainly doesn’t feel like November… 70 degrees today and the remainder of the weekend. This rose is Iceberg and had a tiny bit of ice (frost) on it’s petals this morning. There is another spring teaser in the background… look at those rhodie buds. So far, November has been very, very good to me. *smiles*

Tomorrow is first Friday and fun it will be… FFF!!!

Bit of Blue

There was a short time for a walk through the garden this evening.  Usually a surprise awaits somewhere and this was one of them. The monkshood bloom later than anything else and since the pottery has not been collected from around the garden yet, this little spot of pink and blue reminded me of what is to come… spring!  I’ve always thought that these beauties bloom last as a tease… a bit of a bright spot in all of the fall colors. The weather has been beautiful and it seems that it is going to last through the weekend with some weather in the upper 70’s. I love fall, but also can’t wait for spring… let’s just skip winter ok??!!

Through the Trees

I shot this photograph 10 days ago from the Liberty Memorial at Union Station (on the right) looking north toward uptown Kansas City. I doubt that there is a leaf left on that tree by now. We’ve been having some unseasonably warm weather and lots of wind to help the leaves off the trees… my yard is a testament to that! I hope everyone is enjoying some of the same (the weather, not the yard full of leaves). *smiles*

Please click on the pic for a better view. I don’t know why WP alters the color so much, but I’m learning to work with it!

Ginko Blownova

yes, it was blownova da grate… ok too much cheese… I’ll just be moving along now. Must be the affect of the full moon.

succotash

This was the last weekend for succotash at the City Market. They are moving *frown* and it’s my hope that the new place will hold half the charm that this one did (doubt it). On a beautiful day you could sit out on the patio and enjoy watching all of the market goers (above) or inside as viewed from the “tour” (below)

The marketplace entrance

The hostess area *smiles*

Yes that would be the service elevator you had to walk by to enter the “dining room” and yes, it is usually full of boxes of potatoes, onions and flour. Flour to make their “butt sized” pancakes… a single pancake would put even the largest of butts to shame! If you watch the video on Facebook you can see one of them for reals.

If you needed to use the facilities you had to climb this staircase… best not be in a hurry when making the ascent or the decent!!

And… if you didn’t want to eat you could always read or play…

… in the “dining room”. (It is usually packed, but I waited for the majority of the people to leave since sometimes photographs in public places freak people out.)

There are doubts that any of the above will ever be the same, but thank goodness the lima bean hummus will be… It is to die for!!

Leaving for the final time…

succotash will now be at 2601 Holmes… I’ll be there in a few weeks with hopes that the new ambiance will be as good as the hummus and pancakes!!

Someone (don’t remember who) once said that change can be the difference between life and death. If life was the reason, I hope it works because the market just won’t be the same without The Bean.

Trick or Treat?

On the trip home today, from delivery of halloween costumes, there was a stop to be made in Clinton, MO (several actually… btw actually is the 4 year old nephews favorite word right now… pronounced aksh-lee). This photo was taken in a new favorite store, The White Rabbit Trading Company. It seems as though there is never time to stop while making the trip to Stockton, MO, but from now on… time will be made. *smiles*. Rose, the proprietor, was as beautiful as her name indicates. What a fun and enjoyable place to shop and she had this skeleton dressed to the nines!!

OK, time to go Trick or Treat!!! I say Trick, they say Treat!!

Raven

This poster was all over the city advertising a production “Tell-Tale Electric Poe” and I missed it. *sad face*