Journal

Wild Spaces – Yellowstone

What better place to kick off wild spaces than with Yellowstone!?! Yellowstone is the world’s first national park, so it deserves to stay number one. Yellowstone is beautiful and terrifying all at the same time. Not only does it sit on top of a super volcano, it is also home to over 10,000 additional hydrothermal…
5 Photos – Evanston Folk Fest

A fall music fest right on Lake Michigan in Chicago with multiple days and multiple stages? Sign us up!! Into the second year, the Evanston folk fest features 3 different stages, food trucks, artist talks, merch booths, kids area, art and so much more. The fest starts at 11am each day and runs until about…
Fujifilm – Create With Us

I owe a lot to Fujifilm. Not only Fujifilm, but their acros film simulation to be even more specific. Since roughly 2008, I have been wondering through my days with a camera in hand in one way or another. While many people started picking up photography as a hobby during the lockdown years, I started…
Wild Spaces – Intro

I’d like to kick off another photo theme in conjunction with my “5 photos” series that has been highlighting places we have traveled to. At the time of writing this, our family has had the ability to visit over 20 of the National Parks in the USA. “Wild Spaces” will be an ongoing series highlighting…
A Dose of Dahlia

Here are some photos of our flowers to brighten your day. In such decisive times, it is a good reminder to step outside, take a deep breath and be in nature. We are surrounded by so much beauty, but how often do we take the time to notice it? Flowers rely on others to pollinate.…
The Great Race – Starting Point

Last summer, we were sitting in Salida, CO (see previous entry) on an off day of travel. In the garage, there sat a 1932 Auburn speedster adorned in racing numbers and sponsor stickers. We got to talking about the vintage car rally that happens each summer where this speedster is one of the cars that…