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Random musing, updates on what I’m building, and just things I might find interesting.

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  • Power Moon

    I just found this picture kind of neat with the crescent moon partially framed by the power feed into a building.

  • It Might Be Bronchitis

    What are four words you don’t want to hear from a person in front of you on an airplane? That’s right, “It might be bronchitis.” Those were the words that the companion of a man, in the row in front of me, said to the flight attendant. A wonderful vacation to Hawaii had just taken…

  • Watching the Sun Rise Together

    I caught a pair of doves the other morning, just sitting on the wires, watching the sun rise. Sure, they probably weren’t watching the sun rise, and just doing whatever it is that doves do together, but it was nice to think of them as a couple of lovebirds, enjoying the beauty of the start…

  • Watch Your Relations With Other People Carefully Are Reserved

    What in the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks? I couldn’t sleep last night. Why? All I kept wondering was what our fortune meant. The little slip of paper read, “Watch your relations with other people carefully are reserved.” As no dreams came to me, and no visions of mindful illumination awakened my senses, I must turn to…

  • Sunrise at Danada Forest Preserve – Wheaton, IL – August 2017

    I saw the sun rising on the way to work one morning. I said to myself, “Self, that’s a pretty sunrise.” Then I asked myself, “Self, would I rather see a sunrise while driving my car, or while christening nature?” The next day I grabbed my camera and headed to the Danada Forest Preserve in…

  • Cantigny Park – Wheaton IL – 2017

    The other day my wife and I had some spare time on a Sunday so we went to visit Cantigny Park. I’ve never been there, my wife had, but the place is beautiful. It’s photo time! We kind of went for their French Connection Day, but also used that as a good excuse to go. The…

  • Oodles of Beauty and Joy – The Gardens at Ball

    A Garden in an Industrial Park? There are surprise discoveries in one’s life that can bring even more oodles of beauty and joy to one’s perfect, summer day than just, well, a perfect, summer day. Thanks to my cousin, Ron, and his wife, Vicky, I got to experience more oodles of beauty and joy, on…

  • Origami in Metal, Bees in Flowers, Sumi-E in Sun, Surprise in Leaves

    The Morton Arboretum always has an endless supply of stunning views of nature, but their Origami in the Garden exhibit this summer brings beautiful metal. Stopping by during the Destination Asia Festival also led to live Sumi-E painting, and a surprise rustling in the leaves. It’s picture album time! Let me know if you can…

  • Lincoln Marsh – Wheaton, IL

    It was getting hot and sweaty, but that kind of makes it perfect for a morning at Lincoln Marsh. All I really wondered from the walk was did they really need a “No Swimming” sign? Enjoy the picture album!

  • Cricket Creek – Addison IL

    I like walking at Cricket Creek in Addison IL. It’s tucked away between two busy streets, and you wouldn’t even know the busy-ness is there if it weren’t for the occasional truck noise. There were no deer on this walk, but there was still plenty to see!

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