Accident garden, Iowa City

Insofar as I can tell, this collection of plants growing in broken pottery is actually intentional, an artistic presentation of an accident that has failed to be prevented by the flattened "slow" sign.

Fairy garden, Iowa City

"Fairies gather here" says the sign on this fairy garden that someone has built in their front yard near our house.

Looping lights, Eastern Iowa Airport

I really like this new lighting fixture, composed of two asymmetric circles linked together.

Lobsters, Belfast, Maine

Scrum of lobsters in a tank at a dockside restaurant in Belfast, Maine.

Astronomical mobile, Eastern Iowa Airport

This mobile hangs hidden in a raised section of ceiling at the far end of the terminal in the Eastern Iowa Airport: the symbols are clearly astronomical, but other than the Sun (orange-red at top center), and Mars (bright red) I haven't been able to figure our which symbols are supposed to represent which planets.

Shadow puppet theater, Iowa City

Shadow puppet in a delightful performance at the public library.

Interplanetary bees, Iowa City

Every year, all the benches on the pedestrian mall in downtown Iowa City are repainted by local artists. The results span from the mundane to the abstract to the thought-provoking to the downright whimsical, like these interplanetary bees.