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52 Dresses - Week 24

November 15, 2015 • Leave a Comment

Around two months ago my sister came home and presented me with a gift--a Barbie cut-out set complete with Barbie, Ken, and a small assortment of outfits. Although I've never been much of a Barbie fan, and in spite of the fact that I grew up having one doll--the cheaper version of Barbie known as Tammy, it was the gesture that counted. She knows I...

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52 Dresses - Week 23

September 06, 2015 • Leave a Comment

The start of the fall semester begins next week; it's labor day weekend; and I've missed a couple of entries, again. I was so hoping to keep up this blog every week but it just isn't happening. Oh well. I visited the Japanese Garden behind the Museum of Science & Industry a couple of years ago in the fall and photographed the entrance. I remember...

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52 Dresses - Week 22

August 16, 2015 • Leave a Comment

When I was a little girl I had some frightening dreams--mostly involving the devil. Who knows it was likely from Sunday bible study classes. I generally walked home filled with anxiety. Or, I was so influenced by religion that I knew that God could not be pleased with me. I remember coming home from Sunday school and telling my mother that we ar...

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52 Dresses - Week 21

August 08, 2015 • Leave a Comment

I was out photographing city scenes the other day and at the corner, waiting for the light, I saw these two people walk up, first her and then him. I thought, what are the chances of two complete strangers walking up to a corner, and cross into a striped crosswalk wearing stripes? I took the shot. Photographing the city is mostly about waiting for...

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52 Dresses - Week 20

August 02, 2015 • Leave a Comment

I walked the lakefront on Friday evening--the crowds were in abundance for Lalapalooza. I heard the city makes $500 million for this event--wild when you think about it. I watched the stages go up over the past two weeks and when I saw that huge stage just left of the Museum Campus finally completed, I thought wow, that's the tallest stage I've eve...

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