Happy New Year to all our friends and colleagues. On the first of January City Daily Photo members share their best image of the previous twelve months. This is my favorite from 2022. It's not St. Louis but it appeals to me: a view of coastal mountains in Southern California, taken from an airplane approaching Los Angeles.
See the masterworks of other City Daily Photo members at https://citydailyphoto.org/2022/12/27/january-gallery-photo-of-the-year-2/.
Would that life were so simple, but after another typically miserable year in the annals of humanity any comfort is welcome. On a damp, chilly day yesterday, I took Ellie to Union Station for the afternoon, It was once one of America's major railway junctions. Now it's an overpriced mini amusement park. We had lunch at at a place that offers awful burgers and fries, a cornucopia of bulk candy and elaborate ice cream dishes, some of which are laced with alcohol. So, not all bad, but is there a way we can send a shipment of our nations's best ice cream to Putin?
Remember theme day tomorrow - photo of the year.
Still in Forest Park. Unlike some other major urban parks, there is lots of vehicle access, but it is quite irregular yet doesn't seem to intrude on the green space and facilities. I've been going there for 55 years since I showed up at St Louis University and I know the place like the proverbial back of my hand. Still, in the low light of winter, every hill and curve has intrigue.
Mid-continent weirdness. This was taken on December 24. The temperatures will be spring-like by the end of this week. For several years now, we've seen all sorts of buds much earlier than what we considered normal not long ago.
