Some photos from my Chicago trip! I went to attend my friend Rachel's wedding shower, and I was worried about it beforehand because a) I didn't know most of the attendees, and b) I spent so much of last week so anxious about my possibly impending health problems; but actually I enjoyed it very much and I think getting away for a bit was good for me ( Read more... )

My Breaking Cat News mug arrived! ( Adorable mug picture below! )

I am returned from my trip! I had good times with many friends and ate lots of cake (in fact I have only included a picture of only one of the cakes, so as not to overwhelm you with cake envy) and took lots of beautiful pictures.

Here's one of me, ( all dressed up for the wedding )

It's been a beautiful few days, so I've gone walking with my camera to take in the last of spring. I know some people complain that the modern habit of snapping photos all the time takes us out of the moment, and perhaps this is true for people who already walk around in blissful communion with their surroundings. But I am apt to walk around in a ( Read more... )

We had the CUTEST PUPPY come into work the other day, oh my God. Normally dogs aren't even supposed to come in unless they're service dogs, but then again any puppy this adorable is clearly performing a service, and that service is "filling the hearts of all humankind with joy."


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Tomorrow is Easter! And so today became egg-dyeing day. I hard-boiled the eggs in the morning (one of them came apart a bit in the water, but otherwise the operation was successful), and dyed them in the evening.

( The egg dyeing station )

Spring is here! The crocuses are in bloom!


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I'm working on this whole uploading pictures from my phone thing. For right now, have a photo of the chocolate lava cake that Caitlin and I baked this Saturday. (There were actually two of them, one for each of us. Or else there might have been a duel over the last bite.)


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I have, quite belatedly, gotten a bunch of photos from 2015 (and...2014) off my camera onto my computer, so I thought I'd share a few.

( The Chicago skyline from Lincoln Park. I like the scalloped clouds )

Autumn photos! Well, one at the very beginning of autumn, with only a few yellow leaves, and two others with a little higher autumn color.

( The covered bridge )