Playoff Baseball!

Saved a couple photos for Cardinal Baseball since our boys are back in town entertaining the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS (winner going to World Series).  Here is a view from the greatest seats I've sat in.  10 rows back and just off home plate down the 1st base side....very near the Cardinals' dugout.  Go Cardinals!!

Picking pumpkins just across the river in Millstadt, Illinois.  Eckert's is a local supplier of apples, peaches, pumpkins, and other miscellaneous produce.  The farm allows people to come and pick the fruits and vegetables when they are in season.  The three people on the right are my kids and wife, minus a boy not pictured.  The two on the left are neighbors (literally, just up the street) we coincidentally ran into at the farm....a half hour's drive from our houses.  And, you can see the St. Louis skyline in the background on a gorgeous fall day.

St. Louis Skyline

One of my favorite views of the St. Louis skyline.  Taken atop one of the "painted ladies" in Lafayette Square, a St. Louis neighborhood dating back into the 1800s (one caveat to the blog will be the historical tours I plan to give you of St. Louis' historic neighborhoods).  I met a gentleman while walking around Lafayette Park.  We talked awhile and he offered the view from his roof.  I'm not normally this "risque" when it comes to strangers, but I'm glad I trusted this man.  The view was spectacular, and an adventure I won't forget.

Click to enlarge the "panoramic" view that is really just a panoramic crop.  (Image taken at ISO400, f/11, 1/1600th with my 18-55mm lens)