Bugs in my Garden!

                I captured these photographs in my backyard!

Kauffman Memorial Garden

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation was established in the mid-1960s by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman. Based in Kansas City, Missouri, the Kauffman Foundation is among the thirty largest foundations in the United States with an asset base of approximately $2 billion.

Tan-tar-a Resort and Ha Ha Tonka State Park

Ha Ha Tonka State Park -

From dark caves to back-country hiking trails to castle ruins perched on a cliff, Ha Ha Tonka State Park is the ideal place for the adventurous.  Ha Ha Tonka is a geological wonderland: sinkholes, caves, huge natural bridge, soaring bluffs and Missouri's twelfth largest spring.

Tan-tar-a Resort -

With a full range of amenities and resort services, Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach, Mo is a ddestination all its own.  Wilderness, recreation, pampering, dining, work and play - evrything you have in mind is at Tan-tar-a!

Watkins Woolen Mill State Historic Site

It took Waltus Watkins nearly half a century to build his home estate and small community. Included in the 3,600 acres was an elegant home, three-story woolen mill, fruit-drying shed, smokehouse, brick kiln, sawmill, gristmill and acres of well tended orchards and croplands. A brick schoolhouse and church are also in the vicinity.

Fall in Kansas City 2009

Fall in Arrow Rock, MO.

The entire village of Arrow Rock has been designated a National Historic Landmark recognizing its association with Westward Expansion, the Santa Fe Trail and artist George Caleb Bingham.