USS Inaugural wreck on the Mississippi

I know its not part of my usual portfolio of work, but with the Mississippi river at record lows levels these days, all sorts of things are popping up along the river banks. This old WWII minesweeper was sunk in the flood of 1993 and now sits a mile or so down stream from the Arch. Its a very cool, big thing. Its every boys dream to drain the ocean and walk on ship wrecks.

Working the "book farm" at my Tyson studio

"Planted" some new books for the winter season. I have had to cover the books with wire mesh and brinks to keep the deer from turning them over and eating them.

With the limited rain we've had the books are not rotting and decaying as fast as
I'd like, I think I may need to start going out there and watering them from time to time.

Banned on Instagram!

I got an email from the folks at Instagram which informed me that my account is now inactive and suspended for posting images that violated their community standards. This image seems to be the offending work that triggered this notice. I guess there are worse things than being banned from yet another social network that sucks up your time and energy. For all you Instagramers out there, beware of the nudity! I would be interested in knowing just where the line in with nudity, cleavage? nipslips? topless males? Beachware? It's a slippery slope.

or was it this one: