Category Archives: New Work

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New Work: Fill’er Up

Well, my streak of daily posts ended, alas. I’ve been under the weather for a couple of days (no tests but reasonably certain it’s not Covid after a video appointment with a doctor). One of […]

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Junction A

“When you come to a fork in the road, take it!” ~Yogi Berra Nikon Coolpix A Sorry for the short, lifeless post this evening. Some nights, one is just too tired to put much thought […]

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Getting Out

This was a huge part of my weekend. Cloudless, blue skies. Between skies like this and days with lots and lots of high sun as we near the solstice, this is not my favorite time […]

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New Work – Lake Defiance Boats

Really quick post this evening with one shot from the day of some boats taken at Moraine Hills State Park today. I’ll have more to say about the outing tomorrow but for the time being, […]

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New Work – Quiet Resting Place

Another shot from last night’s trip to the cemetery near where I live. Cemeteries are full of symbolism. If you take a trip to someplace like Graceland Cemetery, you’ll be completely surrounded by all manner […]

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Cristóbal’s Arrival

The remnants of Tropical Storm Cristóbal arrived in Northern Illinois this afternoon. We got hit with some of the storms in the outer bands that delivered some strong winds with occasional horizontal rain. I had […]

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New Work: Aurora, IL at Blue Hour

Here are a couple of pictures of my hometown taken Saturday evening during blue hour. Little did I know that 24 hours later, the scene would be much different. The scenes that played out in […]

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New Work: Farm Buildings

I was hoping to have a new Equipment Journal post up today but it was a busy day and evening so it’ll have to wait until another night. In the interim, here’s a shot taken […]

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New Work: Churchville Schoolhouse

Another late post for me. Amanda and I took a drive this evening and we wound up near Bensenville. While up that way, I swung by the old Churchville Schoolhouse, part of the Elmhurst History […]

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A Little Bittersweet

Apologies for the late post today. I ended up wandering out towards the northwest corner of the state. It was something of a weather chase/grain elevator project/state park project/random wandering kind of day that didn’t […]