Welcome!

First, thank you very much for visiting my new blog, "Farrell's Eye"! I made the decision to begin a blog after having posted several albums on Facebook to share with my friends and family - the blog environment is much more conducive to discussion, education, learning, and sharing when compared to the very limited interface of Facebook photo albums and comments. If you have viewed my Facebook albums, you will find many of the same photos on this blog, with a little more commentary from myself and whoever would like to add to the experience!

Again, thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoy my first post - God bless!

Forest Park in Saint Louis, Missouri

Opened in 1876 and the site of the 1904 World's Fair, Forest Park is arguably one of the most popular destinations in Saint Louis for locals and tourists alike. More than 1,200 acres of land makes Forest Park over fifty percent larger than New York City's Central Park. Here is a brief visual tour of the park.


A waterfall, one of the many interesting landscaping features of the park.



The Grand Basin and popular winter sledding destination, the infamous Art Hill (named after the Saint Louis Art Museum that sits atop the hill).


Statue of the patron of our fair city: Saint Louis, King of France (Louis IX).


Detail above the main entrance to the Saint Louis Art Museum.


The Saint Louis Art Museum sits atop Art Hill, with one of several decorative bridges that guide park patrons across the streams and lagoons that wind through the park.


A family of ducks swimming across a lagoon.


The World's Fair Pavilion was not built for or during the 1904 World's Fair (check its art deco design features); it was built as a 'memorial' to the fair.


A closer look at the World's Fair Pavilion.


My brother and I were lucky enough to visit Forest Park on National Paint Yourself Day!


"Placebo", 2004, Roxy Paine - this sculpture is located on the northern side of the Art Museum.


Another bridge crossing in Forest Park.


Immediately north of the Muny (Saint Louis's outdoor municipal theater) is the Muny Gazebo.


The James S. McDonnell Planetarium, operated by the Saint Louis Science Center.


Tyrannosaurus Rex at the Science Center. RAWR!


Vandeventer Place Gates. These concrete gates once stood at the entrance of a wealthy neighborhood in Saint Louis city; as the population moved, so did the money - now these gates stand guard near the Jewel Box greenhouse and is a popular wedding photo destination.


The Jewel Box greenhouse is one of my favorite buildings, mostly because I have a 'soft spot' for 1920s-1930s art deco architecture.


Saint Francis of Assisi sculpture at the Jewel Box.


"Praised be You my Lord with all Your creatures,
especially Sir Brother Sun,
Who is the day through whom You give us light.
And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour,
Of You Most High, he bears the likeness."
Saint Francis of Assisi