monday's mulling:

Speeding up I-65 just north of Lafayette, Indiana, you can’t miss the tall, white windmills reaching to the sky. Less than 20 years ago, this area was just another stretch of flat farmland used for growing corn and soybeans. Since 2008, boosted by federal and local tax incentives, wind turbines have become an increasingly prominent part of the northern Indiana landscape.

This 20 mile stretch of 3-armed sentinels begins in Benton County, Indiana, and ends at the White County line, where Eastern Standard Time ends and Central Standard Time begins. Todd and I always check to see whose iPhone changes to CST first. (Mine does - he has a much older model, but is getting a new one soon. Then we'll see whose phone will "win").  The turbines also signal the last leg on our trip to Chicago.

Chicago was our home away from home Wednesday night to Sunday. Our daughter and son-in-law bought a house and we were there to help with all that a move entails: cleaning, packing, moving boxes from one house to the other, and taking care of sweet little grandson. This was a work trip so no photos from Chicago, not even of the cool mural that is across the street and down a few houses from the kids' new home.

On the drive home on I-65, a magnificent sunset graced the sky. The sun was a fiery red ball and illuminated the clouds with many different colors as it dropped to the horizon. We arrived at the windmills on the sun's last half hour of its descent and as we buzzed along at 80 mph, that's when the only photos from our trip happened.