Odds and ends

How odd! The month seems to have flown by, something this dragonfly apparently couldn’t manage. Of course February does have 2-3 less days than the other months, but still…

Unless you look closely (thanks to my photo), you might feel as I did that this empty seed pod is just floating in the air.

Here’s another sculpture from Tonoho Chul using a number of repurposed items.

You can tap maple trees but who knew you could tap cacti? 🙂 I’m sorry to see the odd challenge end but it must go the way of all good things, I guess. Thanks for another enjoyable month, Becky, even if we did get short-changed by a few days. 🙂

SquareOdds 2.28.22

Just looking through a glass oddly

Six-Word Saturday 2.26.22

SquareOdds 2.26.22

Philadelphia odds

A single bird making a landing in the reflecting pool at The Barnes Museum in Philadelphia (an odd number.)

An odd reflection of that same pool.

SquareOdds 2.25.22

Thursday doors…odd and more in Illinois

Let’s start out with an odd door for Becky’s SquareOdds, although I don’t think Dan, our host for Thursday Doors will find it odd. This is the back door of one of the BNSF trains taking passengers into and out of Chicago, in this case to and from Aurora, Illinois while stopping in Naperville where we lived. The trains before 8:30 am came from Aurora, stopped in Naperville, and then went directly to Union Station, taking about half an hour. Catch one later and you’d see every stop between Aurora and the city and believe me, there were lots of them, making your trip somewhere between an hour and an hour and a half. It was well worth it to board early, then have coffee or take photos while waiting for the stores or attractions in the city to open!

Moving on to non-square doors, I want to remind you that it’s not always about the doors themselves.

Although this Naperville house was directly across the street from a ridiculously enormous mansion, it was much more attractive and livable in my eyes and I loved everything about it, from the round window, to the enormous porch, to the attractive door. This house felt like a home; the other looked like an expanded ego in building form.

Chicago odd

Let’s keeping looking for oddities in downtown Chicago. Crown Fountain is a fascinating spot where two 50-foot fountains feature photos of ordinary Chicagoans spitting water at each other. That sounds a bit odd but although not as iconic as The Bean, it’s just another thing that makes the downtown area unique and enjoyable. I encourage you to click on the highlighted link above and read about the fountain.

Here’s bonus, once-in-a-lifetime oddity: today’s date is 2.22.22 or, depending upon where you live, 22.2.22. 🙂

SquareOdds 2.22.22

Flying train

If you’re in downtown Chicago, you might catch a view of what appears to be a flying train. The L (or El) stands for “elevated” because much of the system operates on elevated tracks, making it possible to have a view of a train appearing to fly by. Here it also seems to be attached to the side of the building. How odd.

SquareOdds 2.21.22

Tall

One Word Sunday: tall

SquareOdds 2.20.22

Five blue damselflies just hanging around.

Six-Word Saturday 2.19.22

SquareOdds 2.19.22

An odd something

Nope, I have no idea what this is but after all, this challenge is all about odd, so there you are!

SquareOdds 2.18.22

An odd dog

Tohono Chul doesn’t just have cacti and other plants. There was all sorts of art throughout the park. This guy’s doing double-duty as sculpture and plant holder.

SquareOdds 2.16.22