Pipy

There's some construction on Godfrey Parkway in the area of Hiawatha Avenue.  These ginormous shiny blue pipe fittings caught my eye.  It almost seems a shame to bury them, as they would be a lovely addition to any playground - a kiddie Habitrail. 

Animatedly

I saw this cute snowman with a big heart last night and had to stop and take his picture.  He looks so happy.

This is the same house that does the Peeps bunny for Easter.

Coyly

One of my coworkers striking a pose at the holiday party this evening. 

Choppy

On the way home from work this evening, I noticed that the moon was big and crisp and round.  I thought I'd zip down to Lock & Dam #1, since it was on the way, and found this massive flow of ice chunks floating down the main channel of the Mississippi with an ice crust by the shore.

I decided to play around with the pano feature on my phone.  The moon ended up being a tiny dot, but I'm ok with that.  I can always get that another time with my "real" camera.

Techie Corner
I've never had much interest in pano mode, but I'm finding it's fun.  I just wish the full-size image quality was better.  Even the new iPhone 11 Pro leaves a lot to be desired in that department.  Definitely an improvement over the 7/8 though.

Frisky

Along with the pig that my friend gave me the other night, she also gave me this interesting wooden cat ball.  It has 3 intricately carved and painted frisky kitties on it. 

While taking pics, I noticed a name and date painted on it, so I Googled it.  The artist had a whole line of these folk art wooden pull toys back in the 80s and 90s.  They all came with a wooden cart.  This one originally came with a cart with carved wooden balls of yarn for wheels.

Looking at the various carts online, it appears that the wheels on the cart might have rotated the ball so that you could see the carvings on the other side.  I'll have to see what I can come up with for appropriately displaying this.