Ice has covered almost everything in Lawrence. This morning the sun even made a brief appearance to illuminate the scene. I wouldn't mind the ice so much if it was not accompanied by chilling winds and such a low temperature. Oh well, winter in Kansas has finally arrived.

(There were no key parties in the neighborhood for the event.)

I couldn't get back up to the shoes, but this is a photo from yesterday when I was on campus. I have to wonder if there are people upside down still wearing those shoes. Maybe it's a new mob strategy.

This is from the wrong side of Potters "lake" on campus.

As a side note, I found a very interesting trail of shoes behind the lake yesterday. I'll be going back up today to take some more photos of this trail of Nikes.

I decided to carry my camera around with me today, just in case I saw anything interesting. While on campus, over lunch, I had the chance to take a couple of quick photos on the hike from the parking lot to my professor's office.

This photo has been submitted to lensday.com's first theme contest, "in the field."

I'm late for this week's Photo Friday, but the heat here makes me sluggish. It seems that every year I forget how miserable humidity makes the heat feel. Cool is hard to do when your skin is melting.

By the way, I now have comments. You should leave one if you are bored.

The past month has brought several amazing storms through the area, most of which happened during the middle of the night. A few of these storms brought with them clouds that begged to be photographed. I, of course, didn't happen to have my camera with me at the time. Alas, Fates, you are cruel to me. This photo is from the end of May, right after I returned from New York.

Entered in the PhotoFriday clouds challenge.

P.S. The statue is holding a shovel, not relieving itself.

I can't fathom the reasons to carve your name into a tree; however, this is on the local college campus. Maybe this is some sort of strange mating ritual unbeknownst to me.