City of Inspiration

Fall Fireworks at Navy Pier


Looking north from Roosevelt St bridge

Photographic inspiration, that is. While the family is away, I've been able to head downtown a couple nights with my camera and have fun being a photographer. I have some of my better images in my DPC portfolio, here and here. I got myself signed up for a portrait class taught through the Chicago Digital Photography meetup.com group, which I'm excited about.

Rats with Fluffy Tails

I was out taking pictures of Jason and Sonya, and let me tell you the city squirrels here are not afraid of people at all.

Iowa Visit

My mom and Bob came out to visit last weekend, and we took a trip up to West Union. Bob had never been there, and it had been about 25 years since my mom's last visit. She even got to sleep in her old room! We took a drive up the Mississippi to Lansing, then back down on the Wisconsin side, and all the trees were showing off their fall colors.

Don't bet on a pig named "Pork Chop"

We went to Bengston's Pumpkin Farm yesterday, enjoying an unseasonably warm late October outside. Jason had a blast on the various rides at the farm, and we did bring home a few pumpkins to carve up later this week.