Ivy grows all over the building my office is in.  I looked at it closely today.  I am on the third floor and the ivy has climbed all the way to this floor.  Also, I notice the little tendrils growing out of the stems.  It is amazing!  I wonder  how it grows this high and what those tendrils are for.

Today I noticed that there were many spider webs all around the outside of my house.  I am surprised by how many there are and how well they stand up to wind and rain.  I wonder what makes these spider webs so strong.

Yesterday it rained.  Everytime it rains, it seems like we get a lot of dirt in the bottom of our pool.  I wonder why it seems there is more dirt after the rain.

Tonight we tried a new recipe for dinner.  My wife wanted to take a picture – don’t ask why – of the dish.  I thought it was interesting that our dining room chandelier is reflected in the plate.  I wondered why that was.  I also wondered why the reflection looks so distorted.

Today we went to the farmer’s market and bought heirloom tomatoes.  I thought it was interesting that there could be so many colors of tomatoes.  I wonder why they are different colors.

Today, outside my office, I noticed these leaves on the tree.  I notice that there are some bright colored leaves. I believe these are newly grown leaves.  I wondered why the new leaves would be so much brighter in color compared with the older leaves.

The flowers in this picture are both the same kind of flower.  I thought the center parts of the pink flower were interesting.  But then I noticed that the parts looked so different.  I wondered why this was.

We have a small cactus garden in our back yard.  Each year we take the cacti out for the winter and then put them back in the spring.  This year, one looked dead, but we put it out anyway.  Recently I noticed that that ‘dead’ cactus actually had new green shoots on it.  I guess it wasn’t dead.  I wonder why it looked dead, but now looks alive.

Tonight I made fried green tomatoes for my dinner.  I wondered why something that is so tart, almost bitter, can become so tasty when breaded and fried.  Is there something that can explain that change?

Tonight I boiled some new potatoes.  I noticed that some of the potato skins started to peel off rather thickly.  But other potato skins stayed tight on the potatoes.  I wonder why some peel themselves and other the peels stay on.