Friday, July 24, 2009

July 23rd - Obliging

The clouds were kind enough to display a stunning visual representation of the storm within.

07.23.09

Thursday, July 23, 2009

July 22nd - It Just Proves...

even when there's nothing, there's something.

07.22.09

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

July 21st - Confidence

“I don’t like standard beauty-there is no beauty without strangeness.”
- Karl Lagerfeld

07.21.09

Monday, July 20, 2009

Falling Down

In retrospect, it seems that a fair portion of my time lately has involved photographing specific events (E.'s Graduation Party, The Peace Camp, etc.). Yet interestingly enough none of those pictures have made their way here. Now not to whine, but since my head is pounding (and I cannot take an aspirin ‘cause I’m scheduled to give blood this afternoon) and frankly I’m at a loss for inspirational quotes or pithy sayings anyway, I am just going to include a random sampling of the lot and vow more consistency in the future…

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Monday, July 06, 2009

July 4th - Red, White...

and a little blue that it was such a dreary 4th. (sigh)

07.04.09

July 3rd - Christmas In July










Christmas Tree Farm on Hart Road

07.03.09

July 2nd - Luscious

Fresh from the garden leaf lettuce from L.

07.02.09

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Green

“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. ”
- Pedro Calderon de la Barca

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June 29th - Colorful Citronella

“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt(American United Nations Diplomat, Humanitarian and First Lady (1933-45)





06.29.09

Monday, June 29, 2009

June 28th - Annie Savoy

Walt Whitman once said, "I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us." You could look it up.

06.28.09

June 26th - Flight

I knew a man in college who grew up in the inner city of
Chicago & what he was doing in Iowa I never did figure out.
But whenever he would see a jet trailing across the sky,
he would stop everything he was doing & he would watch.
Once, after a jet was gone & there was nothing left but the
white line disappearing like a scar into the blue, he turned
to me & said, An airplane is a miracle & I didn't give it
much thought, but now & then, when I am ready to give up
hope for human beings in general, & for one or two of them
who are bugging me specifically, I will look to the sky &
there will be one of those miracles & I will remember
it's all about concentrating on the right thing. {Story People}

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Many thanks to SR for a magical musical night under the stars!

Friday, June 26, 2009

June 25th - Lost in Winnetka...

for all the wrong reasons. (I should have just taken a picture of the chocolate)

06.25.09

Thursday, June 25, 2009

June 24th - Wild Silk Moth

"Subfamily: Giant Silkworm Moths (Saturniinae)

Identification: Upperside is reddish to yellowish brown; forewing margin is usually lighter than the basal area; forewing submarginal line is pink, or black and pink. Clear oval eyespots are ringed with yellow, blue, and black; hindwing eyespot is separated from the basal area of the wing by a thin pink line. Underside has rust, brown, and pink markings."

06.24.09

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

June 23rd - Beauty in Strange Places

Bloom where you are planted.

06.23.09

June 22nd - Tropical Rainstorm

06.22.09

June 20th - Personal Pace

I love a freshly mowed lawn (especially when I was the one who did the mowing!)


06.20.09

Friday, June 19, 2009

Racing the Rain

“In the hour of adversity be not without hope. For crystal rain falls from black clouds”- Persian Proverb






06.19.09

Thursday, June 18, 2009

June 18th - Symmetry

“Symmetry is what we see at a glance”
- Blaise Pascal (French Mathematician, Philosopher and Physicist, 1623-1662)


06.18.09

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

June 16th - Oh, the Places You'll Go!

There was something very Seuss-ian about the tendrils of this exuberant plant.


06.16.09

Monday, June 15, 2009

June 14th - IRA

06.14.09