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Peterson

I pay my respects here every time I am in Glenwood. When I met Martha Peterson she was the co-chair of the GHPA walking tours. She was always so nice to me and encouraging of my photography at Glenwood.

She worked with me the first time I brought photographers for a meet-up there and she would always stop and talk to me if I ran into her while shooting there. Martha is the reason that my photo is on the Glenwood Cemetery website, something I am very proud of. She was a wonderful lady.

You can see more photos from this roll of film (yes film!) here in the photoblog cemetery gallery (the first 7). 

The Holidays

I took this while listening to family arguing in the adjoining room.  Ah, the holidays.  

reflected christmas

My New Year's Resolutions are starting to shape up.  It is going to be a departure from the last few years and especially from last year's hippity dippity resolution.  One of the things I am going to do is a 52 weeks reflected self portrait and I *will* do it.  I always say I'm going to do these things then I let them slide.  No sliding anymore on any of them. 

 

Museum Reflections

A few more reflection shots taken during the museum district day.  My mirror project rule is to take the the reflection photos with an iPhone because I can process it quickly, but I always take better shots with my regular camera.

Proof

Remember when I said I drank water from a coconut that they took right off the tree?  See?  Coconut! 

Recovery

I'm starting on the road to recovery.  The surest sign was that I stayed about twice as long at the Art Car Sneak Peek than I had planned.  I wandered slowly through the cars and then sat on the lawn and listened to the live music and watched the Art Car movie sneak peek.  I'm so glad to be returning to the land of the living.

The Kiss

Just wanted to note that this iconic image is 65 years old today!

Petals

And because I don't want to leave the last post on top all day I'm going to share this photo with you.  I guess that is a sign that a part of my spirit fights on.  This is one of my earliest flower photos, but it is still one of my favorites.

Finito

Notice how I went missing once school started?  Yeah, it's a life sucker as a friend calls it.  It doesn't help that this horrible weather swing affects my sinuses and kicked my allergies into high gear.  I came home sick Thursday and missed work on Friday.  In fact I didn't leave the house from Thursday afternoon until Sunday afternoon.  I'm still not 100%, but time (and my job) waits for no man.

I slept all afternoon Thursday and all day Friday.  Saturday I was still under the weather but I was definitely not in the mood for sleeping so I started editing Panama photos.  And I edited, and edited and edited.  I was on a roll.  More like a mission.  I was in the zone and I didn't stop.  I sat at that computer for hours and it really didn't phase me.  When I was getting antsy I went on to something else, but soon enough I was back and editing photos.  I woke up this morning and I surprised myself by going back to it.  

And I'm done! I can't believe it.  Something that took me three months for Chicago was finished in essentially two days for Panama.  Of course for Chicago I only spent an hour here and there and for this I sat for hours straight working.  And for Chicago I had already written my in depth journal entries detailing each day's activities and I haven't even started doing that for my Panama trip.  So I guess in the end it all works out.  I'm just really happy to be finished.  It will probably take another year for you to see all the photos, but at least I don't have to worry about editing them anymore.  Woot!

Memorial Day Photo

Photo from today's service at the cemetery.  I'm quite happy with it.