Sunset, Johnson County, IA

 Another view of sunset silhouettes.

Sunset, Johnson County, IA

Sunset over the fields.

Grass against the sky, Cedar River Crossing, IA

 A closer view, bringing out the threads around the sheaves.

Grass against the sky, Cedar River Crossing, IA

 Tall grass standing out against a deep blue sky.

Seeding grasses, Cedar River Crossing, IA

A closer view into the looping hanks of seeded grass.

Seeding grasses, Cedar River Crossing, IA

 Dry grass setting seed in autumn.

Shady grass trail, Cedar River Crossing, IA

 A shady trail carved through the grass at the edge of a cornfield.

Sutliff Bridge, Sutliff, IA

Up in the center of the bridge, cables and beams of its old design lacing the sky above.

Sutliff Bridge, Sutliff, IA

The road swerves aside to make space for this historic truss bridge, once a major carrier of traffic and now the anchor of a floodplain park.

Nearly flat animal, Iowa City

 I think this might have once been a raccoon. It was remarkably flattened on this bicycle trail.

Vine-filled bridge, FW Kent Park, IA

This old steel bridge in Kent Park has gotten its girders all laced through with growing vines, dangling down toward the algae-covered pond.

Prairie trail, FW Kent Park, IA

 Trail going through restored prairie in the fields of Kent Park.

Pines and sky, FW Kent Park, IA

 Green pines against a deep blue sky in FW Kent Park.

Giant puffball, FW Kent Park, IA

 Giant puffball mushroom found one early weekend morning.

Yellow flowers

 Yellow daisy-like flowers in another park.

Queen Anne's lace

 Queen Anne's lace in a flowering field in a nearby park.

All full of frogs, Red Bird Wildlife Preserve, IA

Every dark lump on the edge of this shallow scummy pond is a great big frog. There were certainly hundreds of them, perhaps even thousands, and they were making a remarkably enjoyable croaking din.

Country pond, Johnson County

 Summer pond by the side of a small dirt road under a beautiful sky.

Tree berries

Another cluster of dangling ripening berries in the tree. I like the combination of different sizes and colors that are here.

Tree berries

 Berries ripening to black on a tree in our backyard.

Tiger lilies

 One more short of the beautiful strange forms of dangling tiger lilies.

Tiger lilies

Another view up into the dangling tiger lilies. With their huge protruding filaments and anthers, they make me think of alien landing craft.

Tiger lilies

A whole bundle of tiger lilies hanging from their stems. The flowers are so heavy they bend the whole plants with them.

Tiger lily

A big curling blossom of tiger lily in our garden.
 

Coy blossom

 A tightly wrapped blossom, slowly open its delicate folds out to the world.

Black-eyed susans

A closer look at some of the black-eyed susans.

Black-eyed susans

 A crowd of black-eyed susans waving their heads up towards the sun.