Scraped wakes, Wisconsin

Wakes like frost or scratched glass on the surface of a Wisconsin lake.

Capitol Building, Madison, WI

The state capitol of Wisconsin sits at the middle of a converging star of streets in the middle of Madison.

Madison, Wisconson

Flying home, my plane was diverted North of its usual route, which I discovered when I looked below and saw the utterly distinctive form of Madison, squeezed tightly between its two fine lakes.

Punting's end, Cambridge, UK

The flat waters of the punting range of the Cam end below town at a dam, blocked off with a line of dark teal floating barrels.

Houseboats, Cambridge, UK

At the edge of town, a handful of apparently perpetually immobile houseboats park along the left bank in a tight little row.

Up the ivy, Cambridge, UK

Looking up several stories of ivy as we glided beneath the edge of a building extending just over the banks of the river.

Investigative duck, Cambridge, UK

A completely fearless duck, coming up to investigate our punt in full expectation that it will not be harassed and might be fed some sort of tidbit.