Sight Seeing In Springfield

Last week we took a day trip to Springfield, Illinois.

Sunday In My City - My Daughter Turns 25

Yesterday my daughter turned 25... and of course I am far too young to have a child so OLD.  I suggested to another blogger to make sure to pose in pictures with your children.  This issue came up recently at funeral of my friend's mother - there were only a scant few pictures of mom with either of her girls.  So many of us hate having our pictures taken, but seriously swallow your pride and give your children something to put up at your funeral (if for no other reason). 

My collection of intentionally posed mother-daughter pictures started quite by accident - we attended a Girl Scout event where polaroid shots were taken of each mother-daughter pair and then we crafted frames.  We did this several years in a row and I treasure the shots.  After that we made sure to continue the tradition of posing together if even it meant one of us had to take the picture with an extended arm.  I dug through my albums and found some shots that predated the GS events.  I regret not having a similar collection with my sons.

Sunday In My City - Mid February Snow

The big icky snowstorm hit Missouri on Thursday.  Of course I thought it was beautiful (and happy my power stayed on).  My condolences to friends in Kansas City who really got walloped.  Yesterday I took a walk around my local park and snapped pictures of the ice covered snow.

Sunday In My City - Snow in Forest Park

Finally, the last of my pictures taken in Forest Park back in December.

I love how snow accents this iconic statue of Saint Louis in front of the Art Museum

 

The Muny, our outdoor theater.

I don't know what building this is.  I stopped because I saw some sledders.

 Here I am back in front of the Art Museum at the top of the hill that goes down to the lake.  The lake is one of the few relics left in tact from the 1904 World's Fair.  This is also THE choice sledding hill in all of St. Louis, the news always does coverage out here on snow days.  For those of you who get real amounts of snow may notice that we really have only a dusting, but we don't get many days of snow around here just lots and lots of cold, so any opportunity to break out the sleds is taken.

At the bottom of Art Hill looking up...

I haven't heard of anyone flying into the lake, although I'm sure it's happened.  I believe the parks department puts bails of hay at the bottom to stop sledders from making an icy plunge.

Finally I had to leave and drove my favorite part of Forest Park, another relic from the World's Fair, the birdhouse at the zoo.