week forty eight in photos - the holidays are upon us!! I made this I need to do this, time wall I'm thankful for this..., black So, this happened
photo a day : 47 of 52
week forty seven in photos - not so matchy matchy .. but still good after cooking, whole I love this, bright shoes, a favourite thing
photo a day : 46 of 52
Week forty six in photos - a lot of normal - and I rather like this set, the tones and textures all work together. Love it when that happens!
heck yes!, I do this every day
a set
normal, letters
for me, hot + cold
10 on 10 { Nov 2014 }
Back on track for the 10 on 10 challenge - 10 photos on the 10th day of the month! I will confess, I did my hourly photos yesterday - much better options than office blah. So here's Sunday fun day. Pumpkin bread and tea A glass of milk - can't go a day w/out one New fall/winter plantings in the outdoor pots Fun mural spotted on the side of Smiley Brothers Holiday decor is out in the stores Portrait shoot at Northwestern's campus Spotted a little graffiti under the El - love spotting these things Red ivy { heart } My fun new hat { thank you Target! } Ended the night with some photo editing
photoshoot : wc : fall 2014
Another photoshoot with my friend Will. He is a great subject for practice! I have another family shoot coming up this next weekend, so I needed to test out a different lens to see if I go prime and ditch the zoom or stick with the zoom... Really liking the light and bokeh from the 85mm. 
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week forty three in photos - back to normal prompts ... but that was a fun change of pace.
something blue, weather
can't live without, made me smile
8 o'clock
on the floor, a place
lunch by the lake
Had the pleasure of enjoying lunch at the Lake Murray Marina while in South Carolina. Completely lovely way to soak in some vitamin D while taking a conference call. Wish I could to this everyday! 
farnsworth house
Ticking items off my "Chicago" bucket list - today I drove out to Plano, IL to see the Farnsworth House - one of Mies Van der Rohe's most famous creations. I purposely wanted to visit in the fall, so I've been saving this one for a while and boy did I luck out today! Sunny, 70º and peak foliage made for the most perfect experience. The only thing that would have made it better is if I had known that they only allow photographs inside the house on the weekends after the 3pm tour - oh well, I managed to snap one with my iPhone anyway. ( rule breaker... oopsie! )
Upon arrival you are in this little gift shop/office building, greeted by our guide and then walked down a half mile path to arrive at the house. The guide talked about the size of the property, how the owner came to choose this location along the Fox River, how she met Mies and the relationship they had during the several years of planning and building. Unfortunately their relationship ended in a lawsuit. The house was projected to cost $45K and ended up around $75K and at that time apparently could have bought you any house in the greater Chicagoland area (wow!). The house took somewhere around 5600 hours of architectural planning time - the fee for that today would build you a skyscraper! And the saddest part of the whole thing to me was that the owner, Edith Farnsworth, didn't like staying in the home she spent so much time and money to build with Mies. The house became so famous that she would find people lurking around the property - looking in on her! I wouldn't love that either, but I would love sitting in a chair watching the leaves or snow fall - kind of like being in a giant snow globe! Dreamy! Simply dreamy! 
Isn't it just amazing? Now you know why I wanted to visit in the Fall... 
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Playing catch up ... week forty three in photos. The end of the alphabet. s - silence t - travel u - underground v - van der rohe w - wrigley building x - foreign eXchange y - yvette - hey that's me! z - zig zag pumpkin
fall is my favorite
Fall is far and above my favorite season. The sunlight seems warmer... the colors more golden... the crisp air... the tall grasses gently waving in the breeze... sunlight across gentle water ripples ... oh Fall, how I love thee. 