Spring, spring, precarious spring

Grasping at spring in Hyde Park.

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I might have some special powers . . .

But then again maybe I don’t. This blog supports ambivalence.

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Let it Snow, Chicago: First good snowstorm of 2012

Greetings, readers.  Sorry for the long silence; I’ve been busy with other projects. But there’s nothing like the first big snowfall of the season to get me out there with the camera again. Here are a bunch of photos I took around sunset in Harold Washington Park, just south of Hyde Park Blvd. Photographer’s note: [...]

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Nerkygrrl on the Millennium Park fountain in 11 easy layers

Thanks to everyone who participated in AIP 7.0, including Nerkygrrl, who made her debut on the Millennium Park fountain in 11 easy layers.

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A little more like Thrasher

I found this week’s class a little disappointing. Nonetheless, I did take last week’s photo. . . . and add the Poster Edges filter and make adjustments to the saturation and lightness . . . to look a little more like that Thrasher print . . .

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Like Virgil Thrasher

I’ve signed up for a 5 week Photoshop class with Lisa (my teacher from the winter) at the Hyde Park Art Center. I took a Photoshop training class through work a few years ago and have been using it ever since, but the number of things one can do with Photoshop seems endless. I expected [...]

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Where there’s smoke, there’s fire: example 1

1 vacation, 2 emergencies, and 2 happy endings: chapter  1 After three months of uber-intensity at work, I took a week’s vacation, planning to have several days at home to do some housekeeping, followed by a 4-day camping trip in Door County. On Day 1 (Saturday),  I started with yoga class, followed by a dentist [...]

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What a difference a day makes

Cf. Vanishing Memorial Sunday.

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Vanishing Memorial Sunday

As busy as I’ve been, I didn’t figure I was up for organizing a camping trip over Memorial Day weekend. As an alternative, Maris, MacGyver, and I planned to drive down to Starved Rock State Park for the day, to hike, eat, hike, and eat, before driving back home in the evening. At 7 a.m., we [...]

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Skateboarding, tightrope walking and just being outside

April was kind of crummy. I had a virus that wouldn’t let go. It rained 15 days out of 30. I barely got outside. So it was a huge relief to get to the lakefront for a couple of hours yesterday. I have the feeling I wasn’t the only one who thought so.

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