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Two things in the Riverfront Times this week. A new
Amazing Facts & Beyond strip (
above) about St. Louis' historic standpipe watertowers (more information on these wondrous anachronisms at
Built St. Louis)...
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... and an illustration for the Summer Guide, in which summer activities were grouped according to the four classical elements. I did a sort of old-fashioned alchemy chart (
below).
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I relish any opportunity I get to include Farmer Fred and his son Clyde (
from my local grocery, the Sappington Farmer's Market) in an illustration.