Yawn! So many round rocks. Actually, I never tire of them. I love looking for them when we're on our walks in the woods, and I delight when I can unearth an especially flawless one. If it's a keeper, it goes in my pack to be carried with me wherever we are going until I can get back to the shelter to add it to my collection. I've taken quite a few photos like the one above, but most of them don't turn out. Most are blurred, and I'm not sure why. (The one above is even a bit blurred.) I leave the camera on autopilot, and the lighting is generally good. I try with and without the macro setting, but still, without apparent pattern, the majority of these shots don't turn out. So much I don't know. Missouri calendar:

• With nesting completed, herons and egrets disperse.

Today in Missouri history:

• Cote Sans Dessien (hill without shape or design) was founded along the Osage River in Missouri on this date in 1808. For a time it was considered as a site for the new state’s capital, but the effort failed and the village faded into obscurity soon after. The hill is still there, but there is no evidence of the town any more.

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