Social-Distancing October

Some random stuff from an unusual October. We stream church services at home and talk to everybody via Zoom. It's a weird time.

Bike rides are a great social-distancing activity. So... we did lots of that:

A lot of cool murals keep popping up around town:

The Warriors games were sparsely attended since it was mostly immediate family members who could attend, plus each student could bring a friend. Check out the rainbow behind the uprights at the start of a game:

There's Rose cheering!

My license plates are being retired after 10 years. I dunno, I feel like the front plate was still OK:

People who take selfies with my phone get their pics posted:

We went on the Cider Stroll for one of our date nights:

Carving pumpkins! A fun family past time where we use knives and drills to put smiles on those pumpkin's faces:

Cynthia's pumpkin:

Emily's:

Mine:

Rose's:

October is breast cancer awareness month and Alliant Tower changes their lights to pink:

Wednesday Addams and a skeleton:

A flapper and I don't know... some dude from the 70s:

It Is Summer

And that's a fact.

Date nights watching cover bands:

Independence Day in... Independence, where else?

Another trip to Boston for work:

You're not enjoying the summer as much as Lily:

But you can sure try...

Rose spent probably the hottest week of the summer at camp, but it builds character:

Next month: vacation!

Paradise Cafe

The River

On Saturday we went to the White Star downtown and then we went to our favorite pier along the river and watched a storm come in.

Ominous! Boiling, angry-looking clouds blew in while we watched and the wind picked up as the air cooled off quickly. I under exposed this shot a little to darken the clouds and give 'em some definition.

Put the hammer down! They barely got off the river fast enough.

As soon as it started raining, we went and met up with some friends at the Irish Democrat to celebrate a birthday, but we came back to the river a couple hours later and I took some long exposures across from Quaker Oats. Or Quaker "Oars" as Emily calls it because the "t" looks a lot like an "r." She's got a point; look closely and you can see for yourself.