Up Goes the Tree

Happy first day of December! These images are from Union Station, the trees were being put up and decorated and as most of you probably know, the light that streams in through the big windows is just gorgeous. In years past, they would set up the train village right up front, but they've moved all that to the back of the hall. It's a great place to bring your kids for a train ride and to see miniature train villages. Hope you all have a wonderful month!

Occupy Kansas City

We were up at Liberty Memorial and took a walk around the tent encampment of Occupy KC. It was quieter during the week than it has been on weekends. Someone told us it this was their sixth week in front of the Federal Reserve building. Waste was separated into compost, recycling and general trash on the side of the foot path. Blankets hung from tree limbs, trampled signs littered the grass and one woman was folding a cardboard box of laundry. The "End War" sign makes us ask whether this is still about protesting corporate greed. As Occupy Wall Street is being dismantled in New York, we wonder how much longer the remaining Occupies around the country will last.