Sunshiny

More from our Iowa trip.  Can you guess what the gold ball is made of and what is inside it?  This complex is part of the Archer Daniels Midland Company, an agricultural processing and manufacturing company.  While reflecting sunlight during sunset, that ball was glowing like it actually was the sun!  Quite spectacular from a distance.

If you can't figure out the gold ball, you can read about it here.

Techie Corner
I didn't want to cross a busy road to take this, so my view was blocked by a tree and a lamppost.  It took me a couple hours to edit them out, but I'm happy with the final product.

Queenly

More from our Iowa trip.  The Casino Queen riverboat was looking bright and cheery in the afternoon sun.

Beefy

More from our Iowa trip.  Moo.

Overwhelmingly

More from our Iowa trip.  I would have put more emphasis on "port" than "park" when we were there.

Courtly

More architecture from our Iowa trip.  What a fine looking courthouse!

Hospitality

More from our Iowa trip.  We saw lots of lovely old architecture, including this B & B.

Inundatory

Another image from our Iowa trip.  At least the people in the back left house have the right idea.  Stilts are the way to go if you choose to live in a floodplain.

Dispassionately

Love was in the air tonight, for one of them at least, as I was on my way home from work.  This poor, bedraggled dude was doing his best to woo a very unimpressed female.  She, however, was having none of it.  In fact, she was so unimpressed that she eventually flew a half block away and up into a very tall tree.  No love connection this time.

Techie Corner
I thought there was enough light for a good shot, but it still turned out blurry.  I'll have to try turning up the ISO next time, although I'm not fond of high ISO graininess.  Or maybe buy a better camera.  hmmmm 

Even though it was blurry, I still thought it was too funny not to blog.  He: "Look at my butt!  Look at it!"  She: "Not interested."

Fecundity

On our Iowa journey we came upon a small group of lakes with a couple hundred pelicans hanging out.  Groups of them would slowly drift to one end and then they would start taking off into the sky.  They would fly around in a few circles and then land back in the water and do it all over again.  It was like they were on a ride at an amusement park.

Resplendency

I got some lovely Freesia flowers from my husband a week ago, which also do a fine job of commemorating Easter today.  He is risen!  He is risen, indeed!

Lumpy

Had to stop at Menards today and noticed the nastiest pile of winter snow dregs you ever did see.  This worker was relieving stress by picking up dirty snow lumps with his forklift and dropping them from great heights to watch them smash on the ground. 

Atrophy

When we passed through Dubuque, we saw this lovely old brewery in a incredibly sad state of disrepair.  According to one online article, it's been in this state for many years.  I hope they can find someone to restore it to it's former glory.

It's kinda hard to see, but there are pigeons waddling around on the box where the upper window should be and a tree growing out of the side of the building.

Gorgeously

It was a beautiful day in Bellevue, IA when we stopped to see Lock & Dam 12.

Whimsically

Saw this cute little guy on our trip.

Indistinctly

Flooding is good for one thing, I guess.  All that water makes for good reflections.

Wishfully

We went on a trip this weekend following the Great River Road scenic byway as it wound its way through Minnesota and Iowa following the Mississippi River. 

We saw high water and flooding everywhere.  Most of the dams we stopped at were wide open, with no difference in water level on either side.  I don't know if high water is good for fishing, but considering the number of boats bunched up around Lock & Dam 7, the fishermen obviously are hoping so.

Gnarly

I guess I'm still on a light fixture kick.  I'm not sure what this one is trying to convey, but I know for a fact that my cats would love it.

Atomically

Another light fixture I saw at Menards.  I actually like this one.  It reminds me of the structure of an atom or a bunch of planets.

But again, it looks like a real pain to dust.

Haphazardly

We were at Menards today and this light fixture caught my eye.  They call it "Ribbons", but to me it looks like an industrial ceiling fan that spun too close to an immovable object. 

I can only imagine how long it would take to dust it.

Dreary

It was a very dreary day today – snow, sleet, ice and lots and lots of wind.  Saw this poor lady during my morning commute.  She looked very cold as the wind whipped around her.

Insidiously

First spring is over.  Third winter began this afternoon.

Insidious: 
1) having a gradual and cumulative effect
2a) awaiting a chance to entrap
2b) harmful but enticing

Peepy

I was happy to find a re-peep of last year's giant bunny , this time in yellow.  It glowed like a beacon of Peepy delight on a shaded park drive.   Love me some giant Peeps!

Imposingly

Bald Eagles are so beautiful.

Worshipfully

Great praise time in church today.

Nasty

Today turned into a project day involving a hulking behemoth and a reciprocating saw.

This ginormous antique double chest freezer died about 10 years ago, or so.  However, it appears it was never defrosted properly at the time.  Once we finally managed to pry open the hermetically sealed freezer doors, we discovered 2 inches of the stankiest standing water in the bottom of the freezer.  I dumped 2 gallons of bleach in it and closed the lid again.  The combined smell of potent bleach and musty water was more than I could handle.

Now, a couple months later, the bleach smell has dissipated and my husband had the pleasure of sawing it into pieces for removal.  The only thing the bleach seemed to do was peel up the paint in the standing water.

Here's an action shot of my husband during the deconstruction.

Charity

I've been looking through old photos a lot lately.  Here's my husband back in 1986, passing out pledge balloons in church for a ceiling remodeling project.  Note the missing ceiling tiles.  It was always fun when one would fall down during the service.

Quacky

The ducks were quacking everywhere I went when I pulled this toy around.  There are times when that's still true today, except I can't blame it on a toy.

Turgidly

There's not much difference between the water level above and below the dam today.

Crotchety

"Did I say you could move that, Linda?  Did I?"

Penetratingly

Here's looking at you, kid.