Mercantile, Purdin

The Purdin Mercantile store, Purdin, Missouri.  Up in Linn County.  I photographed the side of this building on a shooting trip last spring.  My primary purpose was to photograph the rural churches of northern Missouri, but  photographing small towns and brick signage was an ulterior motive.  The front of this building was even more elaborately painted, but was in shadow when I visited.

Alleyway, Columbia

Behind the old Pure Lounge location, downtown Columbia.

Gans Creek Wild Area

One of my few fall hikes this year yielded this image, and not many others.  The colorful foliage was very limited this year, most of the maples and hickories showing signs of blight or leaf rust.  This dogwood bucked the trend.