Scattered Locations: Favorite Photos, 2008, Set #2

Fiddler ferns near Lake Winnebago, Menasha, Wisconsin, May 2008.
"Diversity." Accidental abstract taken in the Wisconson Capital Building in Madison, Aug. 2008, with low light giving the blurs shown here, There are three main subjects here representing three races, two genders, and a span of ages. I chose this as one of my few 16 x 20 enlargements for display in my home. But I don't expect your tastes to be the same!
Touch of graffiti in New Orleans, April 2008.
Ice on the water of the Fox River in Neenah, Wisconsin, Feb. 2008. The white crystals aren't snow - that's hoar frost, formed when the air temperature drops far below freezing while open water is nearby. The water vapor helps long ice crystals to grow - a beautful effect.
Hoar frost on a tree in our yard, Feb. 23, 2008, Appleton, Wisconsin.
Plant in snow. City Park, Appleton, Feb. 2008.
Paperweight at the Bergstrom-Mahler Musuem, Neenah, Wisconsin - slightly modified to be more abstract.
Two views of a bumblebee, Chicago Botanic Garden, June 13, 2008.
Poultry in Chinatown, San Francisco.
Clouds viewed in West Palm Beach, Florida, Sept. 2007.

Flags in the American Airlines section of the Chicago O'Hare Airport, 2008.
Girl viewing a water fountain in the Rose Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden, June 2008.
A fungus growing on a stump in Madison, Wisconsin, April 2008.
Street post in the French Quarter of New Orleans, April 2008.
Masquerade masks on sale in the old city of Barcelona, Spain, March 2008.
Spraying the sidewalk in New Orleans, April 2008. This was the day when I learned why the streets were always freshly washed down each morning in the French Quarter. It wasn't some kind of obsession with cleanliness - it's because so many men drink all night and just urinate on the streets. Every day!
Manhattan building near Park Avenue, as I recall, New York City, July 2007.
Self-portrait at the Kohler Design Center in Kohler, Wisconsin, Dec. 2007.

Favorites 2008, Set 1