Fluid motion in sculpture and landscaping at Citygarden in Tai-Chi Single Whip. Taiwanese sculptor Ju Ming is a student of the art and frequently uses it as a subject. I've posted lots of pictures from our large downtown sculpture garden but never this one (I think). It looks so much better twelve years after the park opened with mature foliage all around.
It has felt like spring in The Lou lately, and spring brings a long-established activity. I've gone sour on professional sports over time, what with subject turning mostly to money and marketing. However, I still have a soft spot for baseball. Memories of happy days in the uppermost rows of Yankee Stadium, when a kid could get in for what was in a kid's pocket. (No more!) My home city had deep baseball traditions and my adopted city does, too. No, I rarely go to games - the prices are extortionate. But once in a while I'll put on my red hat . . .
There is a pretty big real estate development across from Busch Stadium (more revenue, naturally), Ballpark Village, that has this little plaza laid out like a diamond. The inscription on these stairs is new this year. Fans stand and sing this song in the middle of the 7th inning game after game. It feels good: let me root, root, root for the Cardinals. If they don't win it's a shame.
Still in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Odd combination. The mossy one on the left might be older but together they look like they were doing the wave. Maybe it's just their dance moves.
I suppose the word at the base of the column is a family surname but in context (pardon the pun) it's still chilling. Did someone meet a violent end? Never ran across a person with that name. It could be socially awkward and get the children picked on or shunned. It would be even worse if the family was Irish and had red hair. Truman Capote might have liked it, though.
There's a lot to see in Bellefontaine Cemetery even if the funerary art isn't as wild as the famous ones in Paris (or Buenos Aires, for that matter). It's large and hilly, making for interesting views even if the architecture is not as inspired. Here we see a backlit angel atop a tomb. Whether is is an angel from heaven or the angel of death is up to the viewer.
