Lucky for me I landed in Phoenix and was at my sister’s house in time to see the solar eclipse through the pinhole she made in a piece of white paper.  Look closely, and you can definitely see the crescent that was the extent of the solar eclipse in this part of the state. What […]

I saw this pterodactyl-looking bird hanging out on Brush Creek on the Country Club Plaza.  You might remember that I am not very good at identifying animals beyond their most basic names (like bird), but thanks a recent post of beautiful Great Blue Heron shots by fellow photoblogger H. J. Ruiz over at Avian 101, I […]

Where Nichols Road and Wyandotte Street come to a “T” is this marble statue of Ruth from the Old Testament. You Might Also Enjoy: Sculptures of Kansas City Sculptures of Kansas City:  Meyer Circle Gateway and Avenue of Trees Sculptures of Kansas City:  Married Love

Along Ward Parkway on the Country Club Plaza, two, six-foot tall bronze Chinese Warriors guard the entrance to the Sister Cities International Bridge.  The Chinese Warriors are bronze replicas of two concrete figures donated to Kansas City by Sister City X’ian, China when the bridge was commemorated in 2000.  The Bridge is a pedestrian walkway over Brush […]