Cow VI

Cow VI

One hot bovine, yeah?

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Cow V

Cow V

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Cow IV

Cow IV

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Cow III

Cow III

Nice jowls, bro.  Also, he seems to have an attitude.  Right?

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Cow II

Cow II

Don't those horns look filed to perfection?

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Cow I

Cow I

The next several images come from Biggle's Cow Book, published in 1913.  I found it on the farm, of course, and it is in pretty bad shape, but most of the sweet little cow faces are in tact.

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Liquor Sign

Liquor (Grey) 

Liquor (Green)

Liquor (Red)

Big thank you to Don's Liquor on South West Blvd. in Kansas City for having a great sign that catches the light just right and sends out a beacon to the masses who need their 5% beer.

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Here's the original picture, just for fun:

Office

Office

Another shot of the building on South West Blvd. and Washington in KCMO.  I love the art deco letters but the broken glass is kind of ominous, as all office portals are.

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Bird House

Bird House
Fredericksburg, Texas
Das Peach Haus

A recent trip to Texas as inspirational with all its non-KC stuff, including different wildflowers, lots of peaches, and this little bird house.

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No Trespassing

No Trespassing

Find it in real life on South West Boulevard near Washington in KCMO.  It's not as fabulously pink, of course.  And I really wanted to trespass because the building has stuff in it although at least half of it is defunct.

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IN-STA-GRAM!

Roses One, Two, and Three

Roses I

Roses II

Roses III

I was really happy when playing around with this image that the roses showed up clearly and the wood grain underneath was obvious, too.  I plucked these from my back yard and my neighbor's bush (it's an empty house).  

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Thistle

Thistle

Thistles are SO COOL, but remember to bring good gloves when harvesting!  They are abundant in our part of town as well, and they really don't get touched much, for obvious reasons.  Nature's armor works well.

Tillie's Closeup

Tillie II

White hot Tillie, Her grey fur really picked up the light.

Half & Half Zevon

Zevon

This is one of my favorite pictures of our dearly departed Zevon.  He was begging for food, as usual, and had bright eyes and a clear voice.  I miss him everyday and have used him as a muse since the beginning.  

Queen Anne's Lace III

Queen Anne's Lace III

Feel the breezeeeee.

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Queen Anne's Lace II

Queen Anne's Lace II

Another shot from the same wild field off Troost Avenue, the unofficial racial and socio-economic dividing line of our city.  You don't really think about all that stuff when looking at all these beautiful flowers waving in the wind.

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Queen Anne's Lace I

Queen Anne's Lace

My oh my, how I love Queen Anne's Lace!  Around the urban core of Kansas City, we have plenty of vacant lots and "waste spaces" that nature fills in with local wild flowers, and QAL runs amok.  Beware!  There are two lookalikes--Bishop's Flower and Poison Hemlock.  Bishop's isn't as invasive and is part of the wild carrot family, but Hemlock is POISONOUS, as the name indicates.  If you cut a stem of any of these, you'll know Lace and Bishop because they smell sweet like carrots, and Hemlock smells bad.  Just don't eat any of them to be safe.

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Yarrow

Yarrow

This yarrow was picked in my backyard, a transfer from a neighbor's house.  Right now flowers are a big joy in my life, because I can finally grow some due to a few trees being cut down and finally getting some sun.  It's a big deal for this country girl to grow a thing.

Tulsa House

House, Tulsa, Oklahoma

I drove around the morning after MayFest and took pictures on the east side of Tulsa, near the rail road tracks and industrial area.  I manipulated this image quite a bit to make it both creepy and punky.  It was a spotty neighborhood, but definitely working class and modest.

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IN-STA-GRAAAMMMM!!!

Vinny

Vinny

Other foster-cat-turned-muse, this is Vinny.  He showed up one night and jumped right into our hearts!  Luckily, we were able to find him a home pretty quickly in the neighborhood and he's living with some dudes and a dog.  He's super '90s here.

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