Amethyst geode, UWM

The spiky interior of a large amethyst geode at the University of Wisconsin geology museum.

Malachite, UWM

Green rings of malachite like tree rings in a stone at the University of Wisconsin geology museum.

Space Science & Engineering Center, UWM

Atop a tall rectilinear concrete building, radomes and radar dishes mark the lair of the folks who work on Space Things at the University of Wisconsin.

Giant Alpen doll, Madison, WI

This gigantic doll in stereotypical Swiss alpine clothing loomed the size of a grown man, only much more swollen, in the windows of somebody's apartment.

Hotel lamp, Madison, WI

A lamp with an unusually decorative pattern of light and shadow, in the hall of our hotel in Madison, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin highway sunset

Sunset over the open rolling fields of Eastern Wisconsin.

Failed fledgling, Iowa City

With spring comes baby birds, and alas not all of them make it. Something knocked this little one out of its nest far before it could be ready to start flying.