The Overture Center's "Falling Snow" Holiday Lights

The capital dome through the curtain of lights

One more look ...

Ice! Damn!

There is no frigate like a book to take us worlds away ...

Most Impregnable Snow Fort In Madison

Spotted on Pinckney Street last week.

Festive Pagan Seasonal Pine Bough 2007

The Jon Coulton Show at the Majestic

Opening act Paul & Storm (far left and far right) join Jon on stage along with audience participation volunteer Alyssa.

Evening Snowfall on Cap Square

Capital Dome In The Falling Snow

Nap Time!

Woodland Fairy Houses at Olbrich Gardens

The leafy veins of a bronze sculpture in Olbrich Gardens fill with new-fallen snow.

OMFG


We have one of these here? Seriously? I haven't seen one of these since the 1968 issue of My Weekly Reader with the cover story about Paolo Solari and all those goofy-looking buildings in the Arizona desert. Zow!

Is it just me ...

... or has advertising slipped to a new low?

The very latest in bicycle accessories:

The hoagie chain guard.

What I saw on my morning walk

Footprints in the sidewalk cement. A raccoon, maybe?

Homicidal electricity.

Ice already skimming the surface of the ponds
at the Edna Taylor park.

A cool-looking tree house with a custom-made circular stair.

Lazy Jane's for Lunch

I took My Darling B to Lazy Jane's Cafe for lunch. We've been driving past it for more than a year going to and from work and it always looked so appealing, but we didn't stop in for a bite to eat until last weekend.

The food is delicious and the atmosphere is cozily like home. Although their collection of decorations seems eclectic, it all seems to share a common vibe somehow.

Are there any cookies in that jar? I wasn't bold enough to find out.


It's on Willy Street, by the way. Worth the trip for a breakfast, lunch, or just a cuppa joe.

Unfinished building

At the southeast corner of State and Lake
there's this odd little building that looks almost as if
somebody began building an art deco office block,
got to the third floor and ran out of imagination, money and willpower
all at the same time.

An oracular voice speaks truth via the marquee of the Orpheum

A Morning Walk

With the sun still low in the morning sky,
the capital building catches the light in different ways ...

The northeast entrance catches the muted golden reflection
off the windows of the building across the street.

The north portico is tinted a subtle shade of aqua,
again a reflection off the windows on the other side of Mifflin St.

The northwest entrance is still in shade,
but the sunlight has caught the leaves on the trees across the lawn.

Uh-oh, time to feed the pig!