Some fun facts about Missouri:
- At the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904, Richard Blechyden, served tea with ice and invented iced tea. It’s also where the waffle cone was invented - so lots of good things happening there.
- State insect is the honey bee.
- Missouri Day is the third Wednesday in October - mark your calendar.
- Missouri is known as The Cave State - with more than 6,000 known caves. Does that have something to do with all the earthquakes in 1811 and 1812?
The color palette for this Mandala was inspired by the old brick buildings in St. Louis.