Kansas City in the Fall

Home for 5 days - perfect timing for Kansas City Fall colors. Fun morning at Jacob's Well Church, Classic Cup on the Plaza for brunch with Kendra, and Nelson Sculpture Garden.

Photo: Nelson Sculpture Garden, Shuttlecocks by Claes Oldenburg

Photo: Nelson Sculpture Garden, Reclining Figure: Hand, 1979, Henry Moore



Photo: Nelson Sculpture Garden: Large Torso: Arch, 1963, Henry Moore

Photo: Nelson Sculpture Garden, Tom's Cubicle, 1967, Alexander Calder

Mt. Hood at Sunrise

Had the chance to visit Mt. Hood while in Oregon; here, RH took this sunrise photo from Portland. We traveled west of the city, through Columbia Gorge and stopping at Waclella Falls, Hood River and its Full Sail Brewery, and the lodge at Mt. Hood. It's not ready for ski season, yet, but soon!




Photo: Wahclella Falls, OR - Columbia Gorge!

Double Dutch

Wanted to post this totally fun photo of the First Lady jump roping.

Photo: CNN
Event: Healthy Kids Fair
http://tinyurl.com/yzwn97u

Fort to Sea Trail

Yesterday I hiked the Fort to Sea Trail, from Lewis and Clark's winter camp to the Oregon coast. An amazing forested 6 mile hike in the Lewis and Clark National Historic Park.

Photo: Fort Clatsop, the winter fort

Photo: walking through forest with National Park Superintendent, mile 1

A Lewis and Clark historian accompanied us, as well as the Park Superintendent and other Park Service leads, which provided an enhanced tour of the history and ecology along the way.

Photo: Ridge, around mile 1 of trail.

Below: Ocean in view! (exclaimed by the Corps of Discovery, as recorded in their journals)


Sunset Beach, Oregon. End of the trail.

End of the Line

End of the Line. Well-done documentary about state of the world's oceans and the effects of overfishing. In a sense, 50% of fish we eat are stolen.

Premiered at Sundance Film Festival. I saw it last week when a Congressman held a screening at the Capitol Visitors Center.

http://endoftheline.com/

Apple Festival Season

Virginia is rife with apples and Apple Festivals in the Fall. We headed west this weekend to enjoy the life of the harvest around Charlottesville.

NO ONE wanted to go on the hayride - so that was sad. And we didn't pick our own apples. Mainly, we ate the apple donuts and drank the local wine. Pretty lazy all-around, which was fun.

Hart of the Hill

Sculpture: "Mountains and Clouds," Alexander Calder. Inside the Senate Hart Building.

Recess is over and I'm back on the Hill. These are the only mountains I see these days, though an enjoyable sight, I think.