Archive for the ‘Out and About’ Category

A group of photographer friends have joined up to document our own lives more. We do a series of ten photos on a day and post them on the 10th of the month. I wasn’t going to join in, because they are all going to post adorable photos of their kiddos…and we’re empty nesters. But, then I decided that our life is no less worthy of documenting than the next photographer’s. I do wish I would have been more of a photographer when my kids were little though!

Anyway, I give you THE JOURNEY

begin the journey

As a surprisingly apropos photo…this is what we saw as my husband and I headed out. We decided to go antiquing…a past time we both enjoy. We weren’t sure which direction we were heading, or which antique mall we were going to. This intersection decided for us.

We drove about an hour or so south of St. Louis to St. Mary’s Antique mall in, you guessed it, St. Mary’s. It’s in an old school and huge and always has the most interesting things.

St. Mary's Antique Mall

I was looking for some interesting food photography props for the monthly food photography and styling challenge group I’m in. Here are just a few of my finds:

food photography props

Such a great time. Then we headed back north to St. Genevieve to eat in one of our favorite places- a cute little restaurant, The Anvil. Look at their amazing wooden bar across the length of the restaurant.

The Anvil in St. Genevieve

They serve the coldest beer there. The. Coldest.

ice cold beer

But my favorite? Their onion rings! So delicious!!

fried onion rings

I know! Don’t they just make you want to drive to St. Genevieve right now and dive into a plate of onion rings? So yummy.

We headed back out driving, chatting and watching the scenery.

the journey-the drive

I absolutely love our slow, wandering, antiquing, road trip days.

end of the day

(It was hard to pick just 10 photos from the day!) Hope you enjoyed seeing a glimpse of our life!

Hop over to Rachel Noah’s blog to see her 10 on 10. She’s a friend an fabulous Vancouver WA photographer.

St. Louis Arch

August 24, 2011

What happens when you get stuck in traffic on the bridge into St. Louis from the Illinois side?

Gateway to the West St. Louis arch with blimp

There was a blimp flying around and we inched along in the stalled traffic until I managed to get a shot with the blimp centered right in the middle of the arch!

St. Louis Arch

First time I’ve ever been glad to be stuck in traffic…

I recently met up with a friend of mine while she was in Columbia visiting her parents. She took me exploring around their property. I fell in love with this grand old Fleetline car!

old chevy fleetline

Cool car, huh?

abandoned chevy fleetline in the woods

I just thought it was so cool. Abandoned in the woods…and how did it get there all surrounded by trees??

creek in columbia mo

We ended up walking along this creek behind their property. There is so much to explore in Columbia! Next week I’m off to explore some of the many parks around Columbia. I’ll be sure to share photos!