Sunday, October 31, 2021

Layers of dice and pompoms


 Multi-layered design of dice and pompoms.

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Tea party


 Another animal tea-party get-together.

Friday, October 29, 2021

Animal convention


The animals have come together for some sort of convention, with shared refreshments in the middle.

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Bedtime bear


 One evening, we discovered that our toddler had put the big stuffed bear to bed on the library couch.

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Toy pattern


 Toys balanced in an inscrutably meaningful line.

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Crayon trees


The brown crayons in this lego make my think tree trunks in an inverted grove.

Monday, October 25, 2021

Pompom crate


 Plastic crate decorated with pompoms pushed into its lattice.

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Marble train


 Train car carrying marbles on its pegs.

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Marble Pot

Flower pot with mini-marbles in every drainage hole.

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Bowling alley


 A bowling alley made of blocks and dice, set up by my older daughter playing with her little sister. I particularly appreciate the black bowling balls at the ball returns.

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Cat hat


 Tata, wearing a hat to eat a great big meal.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Plant water


Our cats apparently much prefer water drunk from a bowl where we'd been rooting baby spider plants. Maybe it tastes all green and healthy to them?

Monday, October 18, 2021

Melting window cat


Salvatore melting into a comfortable puddle on the back of the couch under the influence of a potent sunbeam.

Sunday, October 17, 2021

Twirling pieces


 Clusters of twirly pieces from the marble shoot.

Saturday, October 16, 2021

Marbleshoot array

Array of red swoopy marble shoot blocks.

Friday, October 15, 2021

Block line


 A long line of blocks, snaking through the living room.

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Chalkhenge

Chalkhenge, all in an inscrutably meaningful line.
 

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Tata suspended

Tata, suspended alone on the edge of the trampoline at another time.

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Monday, October 11, 2021

Laced in animals

Stuffed animals and blocks laced through the holes around the edge of a trampoline.

Sunday, October 10, 2021

Dice blocks

Dice nestled in their holding toy blocks.

Saturday, October 9, 2021

Tata and Bagh have lunch

Two of the stuffed animals having a dice lunch on block plates.

Friday, October 8, 2021

Piano train

Train balanced carefully on the black keys of our piano.
 

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Iowa River Reservoir

A wide arc of parkland beneath beautiful skies on the reservoir upstream of the Coralville Dam.

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Owl, Iowa Raptor Project


 Great horned owl, staring aslant at me from its home at the Iowa Raptor Project.

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Silo porthole, Oasis, IA


 A hatch port into the side of a gigantic many-story silo in the hamlet of Oasis.

Monday, October 4, 2021

Scuffed warehouse, Coralville, IA

The side of this warehouse fascinates me, as these big semicircular scuff marks clearly come from some large machine, but what could it possibly be and why? It looks like skid marks from tires on a vertical.

Sunday, October 3, 2021

Tropical shed, Iowa City


 A tropical shed, its paint slowly peeling on the outskirts of town.

Saturday, October 2, 2021

Woodpecker Trail, Coralville, IA


 A cool green pool between to sets of bridges on opposite sides of the Woodpecker Trail loop.

Friday, October 1, 2021