Downtown Kansas City. Click on the image for a larger view.
Category Archives: City Life
Winter Window
Saturday and Sunday were beautiful—sunny fall days in the high 60s. Today was 29°F with a dusting of snow. The condensation on our windows reflect the temperature difference separating the inside and outside of our apartment. Click on the image for a larger view.
Street Work
Downtown Kansas City. Click on the image for a larger view.
Cornucopia 2019
This year is the first annual Cornucopia festival in Kansas City. Music, food, and entertainment was available to visitors. There were also rides. Click on the image for a larger view.
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Downtown Kansas City. Click on the image for a larger view.
Reconstruction
Downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Click on the image for a larger view.
2019 Greater Kansas City Japan Festival
We had a marvelous time at the 2019 Greater Kansas City Japan Festival in Kansas City on Saturaday. Many people attended our Shikoku pilgrimage lecture. The festival had an eclectic schedule involving performances, vendors, food, and events. There were sumo wrestling and your favorite anime characters. Click on the image for a larger view.
Sheep at the Watering Hole
Sheep at the Watering Hole by Charles Émile Jacque, 1888, Nelson-Atkins Museum. Click on the image for a larger view.
Water Lilies
A single panel from a triptych by Monet. The last time all three panels were displayed together were in 2011 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City. Monet began these paintings in 1915 and reworked them for over ten years. Their completion date is unknown. Click on the image for a larger view.
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget is a photographic exhibition of holocaust survivors at the National World War I Memorial in Kansas City. This is the work of the German-Italian photographer and filmmaker Luigi Toscano. He took portraits of almost 400 Holocaust survivors in the United States, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Belarus, Austria, and the Netherlands. 70 are presented here on large semi-tranparent panels. The exhibition runs until October 8th. Click on the image for a larger view.
