Please take a moment to appreciate my mom's cake

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Irene just started molting and now she's sad

Everyone's having oats for lunch

Kodak advertising truck, 1912.

I’d disagree. I think it’s easy to imagine when you’re there, from the quality of the extant cityscape alone. Obviously the city has lost a lot, but what’s there rivals many much larger cities. People sleep on St. Louis.

Lenzburg, Illinois, population 521 Many of the houses here were built by Peabody Coal for workers of the nearby mines.

Meet me in St. Louis on 9/14 to hear how courtyard urbanism can help the city revitalize as the affordable, family-friendly urban environment that so many American parents want but cannot afford in NYC, Chicago, Boston, SF, etc. St. Louis is in an excellent position to become a

Hooker's Drive-Thru Sparta, Illinois

Hi-Way Lumber Co New Athens, Illinois

Colorful buildings in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

A dreary Sunday in Chester, Illinois

Clara's helping us with our jigsaw puzzle

Look at all the vegetables and eggs we picked today!

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The Mary's River Covered Bridge outside of Chester, Illinois, built in 1854