On September 1st, the day before our second anniversary, we got to go to the park with Anne, Nathan, Sarah, Matt, Gwendolyn, and Campion. We had fun flying kites, playing ball, playing card games like Guillotine until it got too windy, walking, and riding bikes and scooters. We walked over to the Jewel Box building and it is very beautiful. I was just reading more about it at the Forest Park website.
I forgot how much fun flying kites is.
Go Campion!
Go Adam!
Nathan and Gwendolyn were also doing a fine job of flying those kites. (I thought I had pictures of them, but I don't know where they went.)
Playing some ball.
Gwendolyn flying her kite through the game. :)
Nice one, Nathan! Quick, someone catch that ball in the air!
"We want a pitcher, not a belly itcher."
"We want a batter, not a broken ladder." Taunting is the best.
Time for a walkabout.
A pretty and swampy pond.
This dragonfly was TOTALLY posing for a picture. He even kept flying back.
The Korean War Veterans Memorial.
A beautiful fountain and gardens by the Jewel Box.
I love the circling staggering effect of the flowers.
These types of flowers are so alien and exotic-looking.
This bowing sunflower is bigger than my head!
Stop to smell the roses.
The Jewel Box. I love Art Nouveau.
A beautiful waterlily pond adjacent to the Jewel Box.
It reminds me of Monet's many water lily paintings.
Walking back to the cars.
Seed pods in the shape of hearts? How romantic.
My plan is to take some artsy sepia pictures of various parts of St. Louis and then frame them somewhere as art in our house. Maybe it will happen...
Join us next time for Balloon Races!
4 comments:
Um, how beautiful is St. Louis?! I totally want to go visit there again. Yes again, I went when I was 19 to view the church sites and we drove through- but I was a dork and didn't pay enough attention obviously. You took some amazing pictures! How are you guys? We miss you here!
Danelle, it looks like MO is treating you guys well! (I saw the link to your blog on facebook and thought i'd take a peek!) Hope things are going well for you guys!
Hi Holly and Anupa! Well I'm glad you followed the link. Life is good. It's cold and snowing like crazy in St. Louis, but on the plus side, we got to go sledding today. And it was a school snow day even though the sun was out! I know I haven't lived here for long (I did visit last Christmas) but this is the most snow I have ever seen in St. Louis. Usually it snows a little, but it never sticks or only for a few days. Anyway, isn't Forest Park the best?? It was so fun walking around and taking pictures and playing in the park and flying kites. I highly recommend it. :-) Missing you and Riverside!!!
Beautiful pics! :) did you know that's where Eric and Mer got married?
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