Mary fills her envelopes with goodies - and the stamp coordinates nicely. Toads probably eat spiders. If anyone wants to read an unbelievable amount of details about the food chain - I have a book to recommend - with reservations -- it's not for everyone - it's way too detailed - unless the complexities of things eating other things is of interest to you....and it gets into some really tiny things. Tiny - but they gang up on trees - and can kill a tress - but sometimes there is something else that will keep the original tiny thing reined in. Way more complex than one would imagine.
The Secret Wisdom of Nature by Peter Wohlleben. He wrote The Secret Life of Trees as well as other books about scientific stuff that is not actually a secret any more.....
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Here is a good photo to illustrate drivel as we proceed to day 2 of our drivel. At the Des Moines airport, I saw this map. It's probably 30" high and 40" wide. Most (or all) of the DM airport is pretty generic. Maybe on the way back I'll look to see if I can find anything interesting. Once I get to O'Hare I am always so impressed with how many lovely features there are. There is an underground tunnel that has been there since at least 1990 - when I first saw it - and I still enjoy seeing it - and notice people taking photos. Lots of photos if you Google *O'Hare tunnel light show*
Here is what you see in Des Moines. If there was a contest for the most pitiful sign in an airport, I would submit this one.
A close up - in case you want to know where we ship all our soybeans.
And here is what you see in Chicago. And the colors are always changing.
I watched some videos people have posted - they're OK - but not quite as cool as being there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0f2N7PooIQ
And then I found this - the name of the piece - I'm glad it is considered artwork:
"Sky's The Limit," a 744-foot-long kinetic neon sculpture that was built in 1987.
It's about a 2-minute walk.
The Des Moines map is drivel - the O'Hare tunnel is not.
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