Chicago pictures and commentary under the cut!

( Flowers, art, a wedding, a beach, etc. )

Well, I never thought I'd write anything that includes a scene at the Parthenon, but the opportunity arose in the not!drawerfic and I couldn't resist. Write what you know and all that, yes? I've spent enough of my lunch hours on the steps there that I know it pretty well. Sure, this is probably the first scene that'll get cut when I edit, but ( Read more... )

Trip report and photos below! Thumbnails are clickable to a 1024x768 size (and if for some reason you want the full 4320x3240 size of any of these, just comment with the file name and I'll send it to you; this goes for any of my photos, BTW). If you prefer to view all the pictures at once, go to this Flickr set. I'll warn you that those captions ( Read more... )

The challenge: Put all of these ornaments on this tree.

Challenge: ACCEPTED. Mission: ACCOMPLISHED.

( Evidence )

Yuletide update: I finished my assignment and a treat! This is awesome! I had a plan for another treat, but it went down in flames. On the other hand, this morning I woke up with an idea for yet another treat, which should be fun. And I may yet find another way to write for the fandom of the Doomed Treat ( Read more... )

One day, I will get around to uploading the campus pictures I took. That day is not today. Instead, have some recent dog photos:

( Under here )

I remembered that the third season was where Farscape got very into plot arcs and even more into crack than it was, but I'd forgotten it was also the season where they basically turned into as close to BDSM as you can get on basic cable. Well, "Won't Get Fooled Again" aside. This has never been an image I needed in my head ( Read more... )

All colors this time! (Fun fact of the day: for the variety of hydrangea most commonly cultivated, unless you get a white one, you can change the color from pink to blue and vice versa by adding or subtracting aluminum from the soil. The actual effect also depends on how acidic the soil is. Blue = more aluminum, less acid; pink = less aluminum, ( Read more... )

I walk the dog in the evenings now, often just around sunset. This neighborhood has zillions of big, old trees, and so no matter the season or weather, it's always pretty, but in the early summer it's especially stunning. The western sky burns orange, and when the clouds are big and puffy, with crepuscular rays bursting over them, it really is ( Read more... )

I have a bunch of flower and interesting glassware pictures I'm going to put up later today, but I wanted to post this one of Fiona first.

( Cuteness. )