Fallen spiral, Iowa City

 A tree fallen across a path to form a remarkably spiraled arch above.

Decommissioned gravestones, Iowa City

On a walk, I found myself behind a maintenance shed at the edge of a cemetery, behind which were a plethora of apparently decommissioned gravestones, just piled up out of sight. Were they damaged and replaced, or were there memorials less eternal than expected? No sight that I could see, and I wasn't about to search the active sites for duplicates...

Painting ladder, Iowa City

Mural of a ladder of painters.

Cats on toys

 Our cats decided that their best bet was just lay on top of all the toys.

Silhouetted snowflake

 Paper snowflake in a window casts a textured shadow on the wall.

Ceiling of the tent

Light, shadows, and structural lines looking up to the ceiling of a play tent.

Grater light

 Patterns of light reflecting off a kitchen grater.

Veronica is happy

 A very happily relaxing cat.

Livid rotting pumpkin

One more view of the patterns of nibble and decay.
 

Livid rotting pumpkin

 Over here, the rot breaks out into streaks of white away from the spots of black.

Livid rotting pumpkin

 Bright colorful patterns on the interior of this rotting pumpkin.

Decay and nibbles

Post-Halloween pumpkin, now well-gnawed and decaying.

Happy squirrel

 A couple days later, the squirrels have made a lot of progress.

Happy squirrel

 A very happy squirrel, gnawing away at our Halloween pumpkin.

Autumn leaves

 Colorful autumn leaves, shining from a recent rain.

Company at school

 Salvatore keeping my older daughter company while she's in online school.

Chained melody

Here we find the opposite of "Unchained Melody."

Spiral railroad

I didn't even realize it would be possible to build a spiral from the two fixed curves of the train tracks, until I discovered her construction.

Circle tracks

 Toy track circles.

Green shapes

The green collection counterpoint of the blue collection.

Blue shapes

 A collection of various shapes and toys in blue.

Volcano colors

These plastic shapes from a game have become volcanos, each with a colored lava flow of pompoms.

Red rider

 Millie is red. The fire truck is red. The pompoms are red. The piece is complete.

Sticker problems

About a year ago, our younger child discovered stickers. She was delighted beyond all measure. Eventually, certain boundaries needed to be set.

Sunbeam cat

Cat curled up and fluffed out in a sunbeam.

Goddess at Diwali

In one of the traditions of Bengal, the festival of Diwali is said to be based on the puja that Ram performed for the protector Goddess for her aid after his defeat of Ravanna and return to Ayodhya. Thus, Kali Puja is one of the focal points of Diwali.

Diyas for Diwali

 A pattern of diya lamps burning for Diwali in our household. 

Spinning glowsticks

 One more spinning glowstick shape.

Spinning glowsticks

 Getting nearly a full circle on these spinning glowstick bands.

Spinning glowsticks

 Spinning glowsticks in a darkened room (long exposure).