FOTD: Autumnal Scene
For Cee’s Flower of the Day, here is a place to sit among ‘mums and pumpkins.
Read More FOTD: Autumnal SceneFor Cee’s Flower of the Day, here is a place to sit among ‘mums and pumpkins.
Read More FOTD: Autumnal SceneCee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Places People Live. Since it is Halloween, I am staying in the spirit of the season (no pun intended!) by showing you some houses decorated for fall or Halloween. Most were taken in Des Plaines, within walking distance of my house – which does NOT have any decorations […]
Read More CFFC: Homes in the Spirit of the SeasonOur third Far North Chicago destination during Open House on Oct. 13 was the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON. This building, located on Lunt Ave. in Chicago, was formerly a Masonic temple. It was purchased by the Hare Krishna society for use as a community center and place of worship. ISKCON is a monotheistic […]
Read More Open House Chicago 2018-Part 3One of my neighbors always puts out a pretty arrangement of autumn leaves, plants, etc. Here is what she did this year. Posted for Cee’s FOTD, 10/27/18.
Read More FOTD: Fall Foliage ArrangementJune 1, 2018 For Norm’s Thursday Doors this week, I return to Denver, on the day we spent visiting the downtown area. When we arrived in Denver in late afternoon two days before, we went first to our Airbnb to get settled. Our host’s name was Marlene and she was an artist. She recommended several […]
Read More Some Denver Doors: Tennyson St., the State Capitol and the 16th St. MallLens-Artists’ photo challenge this week is: BIG Can Be Beautiful Too! Denali – Tallest mountain in the Western Hemisphere (Denali National Park, Alaska, 2016) American Eagle Roller Coaster made out of Legos, using 14,500 Lego bricks with 9,300 feet of track (Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, 2017) Big statue being carved out of rock […]
Read More BIG Can Be Beautiful!Dawn loves autumn and is hosting a photography challenge this season called Festival of Leaves. Northern Illinois has finally arrived at its peak color. Here are a few photos of Des Plaines’ festival of leaves. I took these yesterday on a walk after 5:00 pm (official sunset yesterday was 5:56 pm).
Read More Festival of LeavesThis post continues our brief tour of Open House Chicago 2018. The second building we toured was right across the street from the Gunder House. It is the Conway House, now the property of Sacred Heart Schools as the Driehaus Center. The home was designed by the architect William Carbys Zimmerman in the Tudor-Revival style, […]
Read More Open House Chicago 2018-Part 2Some red autumn leaves had fallen into this cluster of white daisies (I think they are daisies!). Posting for Cee’s FOTD, 10/22/18.
Read More FOTD: Daisies with autumn leavesI walked to the bank the other day and saw these red roses still blooming beautifully, in spite of the colder than normal weather we’ve had this October! Posted for Cee’s FOTD 10/20/18. This song “Roses” expresses so well the angst of young (unrequited?) love.
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