The kids made it through another winter. Time to clean the pond. I enjoy these more and more each year.

Tiffany window designed by Theodore C. Link over main door of anion Station, St. Louis, Mo.

San Francisco

St. Louis

New York

The “Allegorical Window” in St. Louis Union Station.
Stain glass by Tiffany, also known as the “Three Maidens of the American Rail”.
#ArtSky
#TravelSky
Great hotel to stay at

Drought fires in SW Missouri.

I was a scout as were both my boys. For the most part, it was a great experience. Ever since Trump’s horrifying speech at the National Jamboree in 2017 I have been concerned about this group getting co-opted into a Hitler Youth style organization. Looks like it’s sliding that way.

Historic or hysterical?

Controlled burns on the Missouri/Kansas border.

Old Route 66, Avilla, Mo.
#missouribackroads
#getyourkicksonroute66

Can he do anything about saving Americans from fascism?

State Capital in Des Moines. Gorgeous.

The State Library at Des Moines, Iowa.
#booksky
#librarysky

Des Moines showing out.

Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines in snow flurries.

Rory Gallagher and the Yellow Chair.
#SkyDogs
#RoryGallagher
#SkyRescueDogs

Seen above the door to the state library in the Iowa State Capitol today.

#Iowa
#Democracy
#AbolishICE

Champagne Cocktail with Ukrainian Brandy and Schramsburg Brut Rose

#CocktailSky
#Casablanca
#FilmSky

Rory Gallagher and a moose.

So, conversely, are countries that feel American drugs money or guns are being shipped into their country illegally justified in attacks on us?
Seems logical.

Bitter? Party of 1?

Roasting the last of the November tomatoes.

See you next summer.

#catsky
#junglekitty

1967 by Tom Robinson YouTube video by Jim Abbott

#musicsky

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What great record.

Show us the Epstein files!

A “small circular piece of cloth”?
Religious relics are historically questionable but this one really seems to be grasping at anything.

Man, that’s gonna keep me up at night - worrying about Mango Mussolini’s golf game.

Show us Epstein’s files!

Do chronic braggarts really ever have an interest in anything other than themselves?

But not if it rains.
Or is too hot.
Or it’s icky out.