Shelley Beatty

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Becca and Carl Visit Kansas City…Take Me Out to the Ballgame…KC Royals

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Becca and Carl came for a visit.  It was so wonderful to have them here with us.  Much of the visit was getting some necessary work done.  But we did do some fun things, one fun activity was a baseball game at Royals Stadium.  The Royals played Houston.  It was a perfect night to sit at Kauffman Stadium and watch the all-American game of baseball.  Becca and I shared a hotdog and a Custard’s blizzard.  Perfect evening with my husband Bob, my daughter Becca, her husband Carl and … the Royals even won!

Kaufmann Stadium

Kaufmann Stadium

KC Royals play Houston Astros

KC Royals play Houston Astros

Perfect June Evening for a baseball game.

Perfect June Evening for a baseball game.

Play ball.

Play ball.

Panoramic shot at KC Royals Baseball game at Kaufmann Stadium

Panoramic shot at KC Royals Baseball game at Kaufmann Stadium

KC Royals

KC Royals

KC Royals

KC Royals

Carl and Becca at KC Royals Baseball game.

Carl and Becca at KC Royals Baseball game.

Watching the game and the beautiful evening sky.

Watching the game and the beautiful evening sky.

Late spring evening at Kaufman stadium.

Late spring evening at Kaufman stadium.

Beautiful evening at the KC Royals baseball game.

Beautiful evening at the KC Royals baseball game.

Deja vu, all over again! Snow Blizzard!

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Bob shoveling springtime.

Bob shoveling springtime.

The yard draped in heavy snow.

The yard draped in heavy snow.

Front yard view, snow even stuck to the tree trunks.

Front yard view, snow even stuck to the tree trunks.

Heavily laden tree branches.

Heavily laden tree branches.

Spring snowstorm! Spring snowstorm! Spring snowstorm! Spring snowstorm! Spring snowstorm!

Heavy snow stuck to the tree branches like frosting.

Heavy snow stuck to the tree branches like frosting.

As you can see they predicted 6-10 inches and that is what we got.

As you can see they predicted 6-10 inches and that is what we got.

Frozen winter wonderland in spring.

Frozen winter wonderland in spring.

Back yard covered in snow.

Back yard covered in snow.

Bob shoveling snow from the third big storm of this year.

Bob shoveling snow from the third big storm of this year.

For the third time this year we braced for a hugh snow storm here in the midwest.  And it got us…church was even cancelled.  Enjoy my “springtime” shots here in Kansas….

And More Snow! February 26th, 2013 Fairway, Kansas

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Snow on every branch led to many branches and limbs breaking in the neighborhood.

The last snow storm was an “event” so what do you call it’s encore just 5 days later?  In Kansas and Missouri (Missouri was declared a disaster area) we were again pummeled with about 10 inches snow.  This one was harder to measure since Bob started shoveling at 4:30 in the morning, shoveled again before noon and then shoveled for the third time when it seemed be almost done snowing.  It did snow another 1-2 inches overnight.  This time the snow was very wet and stuck to everything like a thick frosting.

Oak tree in front yard with snow sticking to every branch

Oak tree in front yard with snow sticking to every branch

During the storm; we shoveled three times.  The snow was a very dense, wet and heavy snow.DSCN0507 DSCN0503 DSCN0513 DSCN0516 DSCN0519 DSCN0520After the storm I tried to get a few pictures to capture how much snow we really had on the ground…DSCN0525 DSCN0529 DSCN0534 DSCN0538 DSCN0541 DSCN0542 DSCN0545 DSCN0547 DSCN0552 DSCN0553Behind our house a tree was uprooted, toppled over taking a power pole with it.   It caused Mission Road to be closed and  and knocked out power out for hundreds of homes in Fairway.  We were lucky, this time, we did not lose our power. (Usually, it is just the opposite, we are first to lose power and last to be restored.) We did hear the transformer “blow” when we were out shoveling.

Report of power pole going down on Mission Road right behind our house. We were lucky this time.

Report in Kansas City Star  of power pole going down on Mission Road. We were lucky this time.

Fairway had a contest for most creative snow fort.  Here are a few creations around Fairway:

This was our neighbor, it was right across the street.

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Snowed in Fairway, Kansas February 21, 2012 BIG SNOWSTORM!!

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With hardly any snow so far this winter, we thought that this winter would not be one with much snowfall.  But today’s snowstorm is one of the biggest I have ever seen in this area and we have lived here for 29 years.  But a picture is worth a thousand words.  It is currently snowing again, and this measurement is how deep the snow was when we went out about 2:00 p.m. to try and start shoveling our driveway.  We were just 1/4 inch short of 10 inches.

 

Using a 12 inch ruler I measured the snow about 2 pm and we were 1/4 inch shy of of 10 inches of snow.

Using a 12 inch ruler I measured the snow about 2 pm and we were 1/4 inch shy of of 10 inches of snow.

 

It was a very heavy snow and it took us a while to clear the driveway.

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Post Christmas Activities.

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Once Caroline was better we did enjoy a few more activities together as a family, but remained cautious and careful.

A Fun Visit to the Kansas City Toy and Miniature Museum.

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The Toy & Miniature Museum of Kansas City is located in an historic mansion built in 1911 for the family of Dr. Herbert Tureman, a prominent local physician. The Tureman house was designed by John W. McKecknie, an architect best known for his work on commercial projects such as the Tension Envelope Building.

The home was bequeathed to the University of Missouri – Kansas City in the 1960s and was used as classroom and office space until it was leased to the Toy & Miniature Museum.

Toy and Miniature Museum, Kansas City, Missouri

Toy and Miniature Museum, Kansas City, Missouri

As the museum has grown in popularity, it also has grown in size. Major building renovation and expansion initiatives in 1989 and 2003 have brought the museum to its current size of 33,000 square feet.

The Toy & Miniature Museum of Kansas City was born of a longtime friendship and shared love of collecting.

Mary Harris Francis, an avid collector of dollhouses, and Barbara Marshall, who made her first of many miniature purchases in the 1950s, were often teased by Mary Harris’ mother for having collections so large, they should start a museum…and that’s exactly what they did.

In 1979, the women formed a not-for-profit corporation. Three years later, the Toy & Miniature Museum opened its doors.
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From its humble beginnings as separate private collections, the museum now boasts the largest collection of toys and miniatures in the Midwest, the world’s largest collection of marbles, a busy schedule of events and programming, and frequent special exhibits.31688_06

Becca, Henry and Becca.

Becca, Henry and Becca.

Becca.

Becca.

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Henry.

Henry and Becca.

Henry and Becca.

Henry liked the marbles and the trains:
The marble collection boasts beautiful hand-made antique marbles including sulfides which have tiny clay figures trapped inside the glass
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The majority of the fine-scale miniature collection is in the 1/12th scale.

The Kansas City Toy and Miniature Museum is a must-see and visit place in Kansas City.

Located:

5235 Oak Street

Kansas City, MO 64112

(816) 235-8000