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 […]
Tag Archives: Illinois
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 […]
On the Trail: Starved Rock State Park
A phone grab from earlier today in Kaskaskia Canyon in Starved Rock State Park. This is one of Illinois’ most popular state parks and had not opened with the rest earlier this month because of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Film Friday: 5 Minutes of Light
You might remember my post about waiting for the light. I finally decided that I wouldn’t have access to my film developing equipment (stored at my Mom’s house) for awhile, so I sent a few […]
Throwback Thursday: Cascade Falls
Today’s Throwback Thursday post dates to November of 2006. This is a photo of Cascade Falls at Matthiessen State Park, here in Illinois. Matthiessen is one of the state parks that is not yet open […]
New Work: FB Henderson Home
A very late post today but one that still keeps the blog streak alive. Here’s a photo taken in Elmhurst this evening. I’ll have more to say about the creation of the image soon but […]
New Work: Grand Ridge Grain Elevator
Another photo from Sunday’s rainy outing. This is the old wood grain elevator in Grand Ridge, IL framed by the newer concrete elevator. When I was working on the map that I discussed in this […]