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Life finding a way through a tennis court:
Exploring the ice rink at our local sports complex:
Angles at my parents’ house:
Summiting the little hill at my childhood park:
More angles and shadows at the library:
The six year old just kickin’ a brick wall while we waited for the splash pad to open:
Reaching, always reaching:
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We did a gymnastics party for our now 6 year old’s birthday, which his little brother definitely also enjoyed:
2025 America in one star-spangled shot at our local library — gloomy and fractured, with stark contrasts and a cloudy forecast:
Happened to catch this sunsetting light casting shadows from two different windows into our entryway:
Love how Mr. 1 Year Old looks like a gunslinger strolling into a sidewalk showdown with his brother:
Taking in an amphibious view at Shedd Aquarium:
Admiring the Shedd’s dolphins with my own little water lover:
Warming up for soccer class:
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In early November we visited some friends on their farm in the far exterior of Chicagoland:
Hat-tip to this payphone that’s just hangin’ in there:
Sunset from a different farm:
A song of ice and fog at our local park:
The view from getting gas at Costco:
The sun shone kindly upon my wife’s gluten-free blueberry muffins:
Shadows and signs:
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Partly cloudy in the Windy City:
Feeling reflective at our park:
Fishing class with the five year old:
First time downtown with the lads:
Enjoying the hotel room balcony at Timber Ridge Lodge:
Burgundy boy blending in with the fallen leaves:
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Scenes from some time in Michigan with extended family…
Gas station architecture:
Boatin’:
Cousins dancing to the sunset (also a perfect album cover for their future band):
Happened to catch the sunset reflected near the five year old:
Early morning dune summit:
In between teaching the five year old how to play and then letting him beat me, I absolutely smoked him in a game I’ve played since elementary school:
Some pre-dinner heckling of the granddads on the grill (notice the thumbs-down in the middle lol):
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Shadow play:
The tunnel into Brookfield Zoo:
Garbage Day is appointment viewing:
Barking up the front yard tree:
Puddle hunting:
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Lots of red admiral butterflies in our backyard:
A goose family at our local park:
A toad tromping through our backyard:
The Great Cicadapocalypse has begun here in Illinois, and here’s one of many molting cicadas on our maple tree:
Our lilac bush is so vibrant for such a short time:
A marigold in our backyard garden area:
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Back before winter melted into an unseasonably warm February, we got to enjoy some idyllic snowfall:
A boy beholding his world:
A foggy commute:
Shadows and hallways:
Laying down in the backyard with the 5 year old let us spot this view of a fading contrail:
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When you go into an elevator and look up to see this face of doom:
The skyward view outside my workplace:
Caught this partially melted ice cube on a countertop:
Why save your Halloween costume for a few hours on one day when you can wear it all the time around town and look like a superhero:
View from a bridge at a mini golf outing:
Autumn is upon us:
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Spotted these two lights reflecting off the Whole Foods cafe counter, the rainbow from outside and the fluorescent light from above:
Investigating a hail storm from our porch:
Tunnel vision at the children’s museum:
It’s a shame our neighbors live in a bubble:
Baseball diamond? Nah—giant sandbox:
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My wife and son heart-bombed my car for Valentine’s Day while I was at work:
I’ve never tasted or seen Romanesco broccoli but it looks super cool:
He’s been using his new training-wheels bike a lot:
Some colorful stairs in Woodstock, Illinois:
Our friends built a mini sledding hill in their front yard and brought out the lights once it started getting dark to keep the party going:
Sun shade at a local park:
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A sunbeamed leaf as seen through our car windshield:
The yin and yang of a backyard bonfire remnant:
At work in his corner office:
Cloudy with a chance of a refill:
The bubbles are back, and they’re multiplying:
Mr. 3 Year Old is eager to shovel at the slightest dusting so we’re out there even while it’s still snowing. This results in what I call snombré (snow + ombré), where the freshly shoveled blends smoothly into the re-covered areas:
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The view of the capitol building in Madison from the Madison Children’s Museum rooftop:
Mr. 3 Year Old and his cousin on the slide at the Madison zoo:
Stumbled upon this view atop a slide at a nearby suburban park:
Ascending a magically wooded tunnel of stairs adjacent to a sledding hill at another nearby park:
More stairs, this time at the DuPage Children’s Museum:
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Watching and waiting:
Really proud of capturing this absolutely perfect arc between the moon, basketball, hoop, and sun:
The 3 year old and his cousin tearing it up in Michigan:
Sandy sunset shadows:
Sure, sunset photos are cliché, but damned if I care:
Like I said:
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Into the tundra:
A ghostly window creature:
3 year old was “helping” me clean out the car on a warmer day by “fixing” a headrest with a wrench, but all you can really see is the reflection of the sun and clouds in the rear window:
Among the pines:
Stumbled upon this view (while walking on a bike path under a bridge), in which the sunlight hitting the dirty creek water formed an X-ceptional angle:
More shapely, shadowy scenes on aforementioned walk:
