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The Missouri Botanical Garden has a wonderful display in the Climatron (a big glass dome, so think oversized terrarium) that features glass art amid the many species of plants normally living in there. It was fun to wander through and spot the glass installations and how they echoed the nearby foliage. I loved these huge leaves. I had fun with the water, playing with the camera settings to make the water look like silk. This water installation was amazing in its construction and reflection. I almost missed this one because I was so busy looking down, not up. Lesson learned: look…

I’ve flown over the Missouri countless times, seen its wandering path through the middle of the country. I’ve driven across it in South Dakota, and even dipped my feet in it at a boat launch near a McDonald’s in the middle of Saint Louis. Seeing the expanse of the wide Missouri in a natural setting, at ground level, at water’s edge, was a completely different experience. This is a huge river, fast-flowing from floods above this week (with flood warnings all the way from the Dakotas past Saint Louis, even though there are four big dams above Kansas City to control the…