tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52179168001113023882024-02-18T19:41:15.534-08:00photospoonamishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05153910403783107480noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-19234094370041125412011-01-12T11:47:00.001-08:002011-01-12T11:56:16.779-08:00kumquat preserves<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjN8OKMsM0XVKVS_MaMzX6qW1kUKEged5sGM2KOPYCL4MigzG60uoEgbhQ4Vcqau63d_NKoHrm5RLMnxHuiczMhywHT8rOVyOwSn_dc5fQnavD8rJi2CeZhIBMj5ma4_ZWt4TYlDE_Go/s1600/IMGP8919.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjN8OKMsM0XVKVS_MaMzX6qW1kUKEged5sGM2KOPYCL4MigzG60uoEgbhQ4Vcqau63d_NKoHrm5RLMnxHuiczMhywHT8rOVyOwSn_dc5fQnavD8rJi2CeZhIBMj5ma4_ZWt4TYlDE_Go/s400/IMGP8919.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561390663862403714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QD98FPmQXqaVQ_Hbv2XPYG-j9sXFeKYPhzi8kFS5Dppg5iL1rbyiLiZ6QMXbHouFQ7_K0Nda4eBSSBMxY4YVZZSfdpZxyNrcIkilD6vl4AYFQG1MtyRRWs6kP4opWq7y2GikPphq8b8/s1600/IMGP8918.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 184px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QD98FPmQXqaVQ_Hbv2XPYG-j9sXFeKYPhzi8kFS5Dppg5iL1rbyiLiZ6QMXbHouFQ7_K0Nda4eBSSBMxY4YVZZSfdpZxyNrcIkilD6vl4AYFQG1MtyRRWs6kP4opWq7y2GikPphq8b8/s400/IMGP8918.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561389778946966290" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-4408856535439264622010-02-27T08:34:00.000-08:002010-02-27T08:47:25.878-08:00snow in vermont<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwYhQys89A3MGRyFKj7jzaToC1QupsHc_9r1t7EZqQD3rH1P1Q81rfaldXYDaNmyafBOLVA6Xm_AhnzztfTAA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxup8wduIOmzVUqO8I3GRsb22Kb08BFygqbS7fU4NQOEJDcFjWoevjcPc4y0VqsvnddThT4AIjbHYpcHDeR8A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>amishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05153910403783107480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-25665569243313785382010-02-14T13:18:00.001-08:002010-02-14T13:21:45.893-08:00happy valentine's day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHiqC6t4JzrfyO0kmrZVLtMEVOZpL3zqRo_XviOceVBrv-wMt_BmHT2lkqq2O1_ekP9CI2nwEqBL8ufTFNYHOtg7DRAhArn1McD-lGP6BT8ey3zQ0smQWV1CSpUKmzzbRS3_tg5qKPnzq/s1600-h/DSC_0267.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHiqC6t4JzrfyO0kmrZVLtMEVOZpL3zqRo_XviOceVBrv-wMt_BmHT2lkqq2O1_ekP9CI2nwEqBL8ufTFNYHOtg7DRAhArn1McD-lGP6BT8ey3zQ0smQWV1CSpUKmzzbRS3_tg5qKPnzq/s400/DSC_0267.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438212376574726354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOSge-kHBtFgZ32hV7xAbwQILau1XgQ6b5e_vpU2JGXxtMAV-bavcpk46HM1yVglGW0TlwQbp8r6baCGiNLVwMKkJEUj6y_mLfX99hijwOjWnjhpn_6Q5MV370X_pxRIE0KsZTzH_NVg8/s1600-h/DSC_0230.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOSge-kHBtFgZ32hV7xAbwQILau1XgQ6b5e_vpU2JGXxtMAV-bavcpk46HM1yVglGW0TlwQbp8r6baCGiNLVwMKkJEUj6y_mLfX99hijwOjWnjhpn_6Q5MV370X_pxRIE0KsZTzH_NVg8/s400/DSC_0230.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438212024614876194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNH82E3UIxzVgVGX7UkTBJDxe85mPMmonpVMiW6nIqal4n830L0O6YxNTJnvO57_Kmyae_50cpoP3J1iPfB9RNhyDXQ2Sm4B2b2Ur-RyjdGXIlS9UPPIrVLiAgNAQ3Veu_Hkdn1MuN4qVa/s1600-h/DSC_0227.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNH82E3UIxzVgVGX7UkTBJDxe85mPMmonpVMiW6nIqal4n830L0O6YxNTJnvO57_Kmyae_50cpoP3J1iPfB9RNhyDXQ2Sm4B2b2Ur-RyjdGXIlS9UPPIrVLiAgNAQ3Veu_Hkdn1MuN4qVa/s400/DSC_0227.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438211815256053330" border="0" /></a><br />i love you!!amishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05153910403783107480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-8761479422798906142010-02-14T12:11:00.001-08:002010-02-14T12:13:16.507-08:00the haircut<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5jUDPc2xw1MAzJD7o3Lc-vRd_7sp4toyi0_PiYgCrlEt5QPcBo-vHPVKs1IJp6CerziC7P26WDFXhzhFNilKeo76MbJVcZmckfbXARtucfVVmXuZuXHuafcsWaO5cSq2aaN9-oVMWtJF/s1600-h/DSC_0112.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5jUDPc2xw1MAzJD7o3Lc-vRd_7sp4toyi0_PiYgCrlEt5QPcBo-vHPVKs1IJp6CerziC7P26WDFXhzhFNilKeo76MbJVcZmckfbXARtucfVVmXuZuXHuafcsWaO5cSq2aaN9-oVMWtJF/s400/DSC_0112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438194685101900978" border="0" /></a><br />hasn't looked this good since thursday... now looks like i never even got it cut :)amishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05153910403783107480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-7586657934612925262010-02-10T11:52:00.001-08:002010-02-10T12:25:37.397-08:00snow day<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy5wALixpQXtXuqXpN3kfSN17yzbtLm8Ho0Cfc02VyIcVPELYxDxsRd9mBoTW5z9FZnDJ8JnXhHYCvUo25myA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>amishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05153910403783107480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-38811449440482646432010-01-12T06:27:00.000-08:002010-01-12T06:31:28.201-08:00Tuesday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mhr-NE9BRZS1tjC8EX7zaOGMCYoXjxWv2-51jXeKtOahf7DWTA8sgH6-dY4h5BBwMeXMg6DxkJcVDTTVvItN-jmyllPd_1rUHo3CjoMU92jJDmSlDVLfT9sKj85VPtwedYTM3hriOWM/s1600-h/IMGP1533.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6pOyQQZvFknWFZzEIJwZQkNGEzPF_0uYHza3GPms7MTYhiSKdntKC7l48WwiFMVsWytUi9M-ncAGUxZEhX0M97Bw5H5M1WXPdpET5aRgakkJ7YlV3ic0CZuJorG2Zjb7N_t1M3hbcS8/s400/IMGP1510.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425591251140644258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicroSEnjhgeGDt3Z_eSNnoJpO4TmhjXwOuw2vOZcb4TCGHWNXTeixuiMB1pDj1kFI9MkXi1jdm9ohpMWI6-G9zZzpSJHBi1mr_QHi4RsWQ3SAQM017tVQJiYHJYjdQjYM4d-fNyuovKEg/s1600-h/IMGP1514.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicroSEnjhgeGDt3Z_eSNnoJpO4TmhjXwOuw2vOZcb4TCGHWNXTeixuiMB1pDj1kFI9MkXi1jdm9ohpMWI6-G9zZzpSJHBi1mr_QHi4RsWQ3SAQM017tVQJiYHJYjdQjYM4d-fNyuovKEg/s400/IMGP1514.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425591249446462626" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">So here are a few interesting (?) pictures from the past few days, including my favorite picture of the tree (the star within the crescent moon), what I found in the oven, and some of the white flowers from the lawn, blasted into a bizarrely beautiful brown by the freezing temperatures.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-80000063028009139352009-12-12T20:41:00.000-08:002009-12-12T20:50:18.927-08:00december 12<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJaV26xp3dihh275U-0UvTPrkX_X-ehv8RI2HA4PEtseBrDhp1fyFOLSpdirvIMSJ5OVqTAuEJDSbMQdfJW27RvuVeTSUQN3gZP5Ed4ihM4mTFmpLdevl89eCS1eHyhAgA15sA3ERjO0D/s1600-h/winter010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJaV26xp3dihh275U-0UvTPrkX_X-ehv8RI2HA4PEtseBrDhp1fyFOLSpdirvIMSJ5OVqTAuEJDSbMQdfJW27RvuVeTSUQN3gZP5Ed4ihM4mTFmpLdevl89eCS1eHyhAgA15sA3ERjO0D/s400/winter010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414576812357695666" border="0" /></a><br />more from the neighborhood. this lights up at night (obv.)<br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>amishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05153910403783107480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-1096573801192751712009-12-01T20:45:00.001-08:002009-12-01T20:48:00.154-08:00december 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6CI3CGH1OplOa-Bqr2M2UjX3VHi9SXZspWTdDGlfsHovD_HMTVqR8CiSQNRWUWb4-nxOwd1U5h6svjEK2X3JPHo91WknCKJpcnr8Ce42Ilkbv5Fuyh4W4AkmsuPxbkmT8ufNiG7Dr_vx/s1600-h/DSC_0629.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6CI3CGH1OplOa-Bqr2M2UjX3VHi9SXZspWTdDGlfsHovD_HMTVqR8CiSQNRWUWb4-nxOwd1U5h6svjEK2X3JPHo91WknCKJpcnr8Ce42Ilkbv5Fuyh4W4AkmsuPxbkmT8ufNiG7Dr_vx/s400/DSC_0629.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410495935664296130" border="0" /></a><br />the lights are going up in the neighborhood! this was the most dramatic display of my walk home (and may i suggest clicking to enlarge?)<br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>amishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05153910403783107480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-6673702152091929252009-10-16T19:44:00.001-07:002009-10-16T20:31:28.229-07:00Wisconsin Pics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ252Lj-CbPzL5Xqa1dwcsxyA3ORRROhZxROVoA9G-FBHVXaXvmc_wFEZ99CTxFO2TfQG9KyU6swykmH2kbL5TF3tFTuRsbWSJoUgzNyv2M4bVTCTVxAAcGhIQUMPrgYBtRnpVJtV4aUc/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+286.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ252Lj-CbPzL5Xqa1dwcsxyA3ORRROhZxROVoA9G-FBHVXaXvmc_wFEZ99CTxFO2TfQG9KyU6swykmH2kbL5TF3tFTuRsbWSJoUgzNyv2M4bVTCTVxAAcGhIQUMPrgYBtRnpVJtV4aUc/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+286.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393401790797717362" border="0" /></a>Like Illinois, the Wisconsin campus is dotted with massive exemplars of architecture in the "brutalist" style, including this, the Helen White Building, the seventh floor of which houses the English Department. The backside, pictured above, is where the conference room looks out on the lake. It is one of the most beautiful views I've ever seen from a university building, and as I was speaking, I was three times almost distracted into silence by a cluster of sailboats.<br /><br />Below: this is the view from State Street, looking away from the university toward the state capitol building.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjn1G3auFsinW-duOrT5L0qTnCsF9FzqPq13ePfPA__FfPd9DiZGHehyphenhyphentUrtl3ba-7iJEzZ3gcC49PKG5OWUHd7O1PQh8TlcTzxGlfUnLZkJwXJ0XlHSJvSPas0fHtFl-4qHn4YciYew/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+283.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjn1G3auFsinW-duOrT5L0qTnCsF9FzqPq13ePfPA__FfPd9DiZGHehyphenhyphentUrtl3ba-7iJEzZ3gcC49PKG5OWUHd7O1PQh8TlcTzxGlfUnLZkJwXJ0XlHSJvSPas0fHtFl-4qHn4YciYew/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+283.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393401781801931874" border="0" /></a><br />Somebody, along the lake, lost their thermal gloves, which a good Wisconsinite laid out on a picnic table to dry.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOS9Vpb4phWEPRWEW8iw6Qlkgd1UQv_qZN2KKkJmw0qf6vjvFozDCk8thio5WzgKLtatdARDjCWSSnE5ksgdxKPFfj-k1F4oQDz7XFxgnmhZbDMkfX6NNKWalQb5FCmpVELdlbXIbb71Y/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+301.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOS9Vpb4phWEPRWEW8iw6Qlkgd1UQv_qZN2KKkJmw0qf6vjvFozDCk8thio5WzgKLtatdARDjCWSSnE5ksgdxKPFfj-k1F4oQDz7XFxgnmhZbDMkfX6NNKWalQb5FCmpVELdlbXIbb71Y/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+301.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393401763214462834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH961jzzV_PJd1NkRAqq1mOeOfUoLep2iVL1dm24rZRcd7oj0cnkoiDx80iR45bexCKhh6hvx7LiVInONz1seIfMB-d6GkozrnRhTn1qD6Sy6j-OxKETWKKH3RfdE0aSln2bEAaD-DeNU/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+294.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH961jzzV_PJd1NkRAqq1mOeOfUoLep2iVL1dm24rZRcd7oj0cnkoiDx80iR45bexCKhh6hvx7LiVInONz1seIfMB-d6GkozrnRhTn1qD6Sy6j-OxKETWKKH3RfdE0aSln2bEAaD-DeNU/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+294.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393401757441893762" border="0" /></a>I was told that the two big holidays in Madison are August 14 (when the leases for the year end) and Halloween: below, some decorations on a frat house, between my hotel and the campus. No, the glass isn't a decoration (I think).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziXVqADA5t70Hk9d4MN9slbriD25ejTQw0QXQwFojRyNu2UEF44s2adpG9tG2HK0tntdmgAgi01lN2-2V0RgDU3LKJYNZ9RVTPgxPG9oLxdpPyK2RIb8ytL1_t-dfDc39qwaXXWMtfQg/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+280.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziXVqADA5t70Hk9d4MN9slbriD25ejTQw0QXQwFojRyNu2UEF44s2adpG9tG2HK0tntdmgAgi01lN2-2V0RgDU3LKJYNZ9RVTPgxPG9oLxdpPyK2RIb8ytL1_t-dfDc39qwaXXWMtfQg/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+280.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393400594640582690" border="0" /></a>And right across the street: the Wisconsin Alumni Association, and their badger-mobile...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5Z_NCy-vWPi8KD0qCS75L8Qld8anSbOPct6QUqxUizwrbZysztA6b7jkEOM0MTMAuB3-P39hvp_6t1J-tP8qp2paDhTtCh66WvBNWEYPeDQnpt9ApOgaVcHqWRti6d5fXuxjh4LxQmU/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+275.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5Z_NCy-vWPi8KD0qCS75L8Qld8anSbOPct6QUqxUizwrbZysztA6b7jkEOM0MTMAuB3-P39hvp_6t1J-tP8qp2paDhTtCh66WvBNWEYPeDQnpt9ApOgaVcHqWRti6d5fXuxjh4LxQmU/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+275.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393400585225460850" border="0" /></a>A jogger along the lake....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGe-X89_9BAoicvFYkJKol3A2ghsmtF6W9_HfHyyzJpkt_TA51OefJU1dn7SkZwIjReNwYV5xucsscI7_kEsTuM5zBDMzfqe2QQr10FxQP7N3ivhr3wsYKOfYGT_uMQOSgGDA7O8eaHs8/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+249.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGe-X89_9BAoicvFYkJKol3A2ghsmtF6W9_HfHyyzJpkt_TA51OefJU1dn7SkZwIjReNwYV5xucsscI7_kEsTuM5zBDMzfqe2QQr10FxQP7N3ivhr3wsYKOfYGT_uMQOSgGDA7O8eaHs8/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+249.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393400575768352066" border="0" /></a>And some tables--abandoned, as it was about 38 degrees--next to the lake.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJdLAbt5DKJUEg3kwvbhsP_sL58uS2LrEDb1nuqpIJyRK-aHmY70UHxvC97lg0RZ73AeWnHd_bIbgnGSa3_0RXSB5D_RywrEH-ns2Y-LRap7YTACJeDmzhUdz8YplAyvjOeheGJwMBSo/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+245.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJdLAbt5DKJUEg3kwvbhsP_sL58uS2LrEDb1nuqpIJyRK-aHmY70UHxvC97lg0RZ73AeWnHd_bIbgnGSa3_0RXSB5D_RywrEH-ns2Y-LRap7YTACJeDmzhUdz8YplAyvjOeheGJwMBSo/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+245.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393400562053330498" border="0" /></a>For the frats? No, for the Alumni Center....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDQYZphDruMouLpXBXKURsYiIj6rjIvbC3Ef_Er1U7jLDDgJDCrSwj-sVrnV1ffJdE-YlD4yC2eFKqO4ekVomAu9kPwpvAcanNyIUdaFrThC_VMRyLzZfXbYPU1QpbpKhyphenhyphenn7fK1xKY9Y/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+239.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDQYZphDruMouLpXBXKURsYiIj6rjIvbC3Ef_Er1U7jLDDgJDCrSwj-sVrnV1ffJdE-YlD4yC2eFKqO4ekVomAu9kPwpvAcanNyIUdaFrThC_VMRyLzZfXbYPU1QpbpKhyphenhyphenn7fK1xKY9Y/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+239.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393399736666585618" border="0" /></a>A path through the woods, part of a nature preserve between the lake and the campus.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYXbwA4v6G_G3Fu0Q5yBu3gE623BZsQCj2dQ6ky72Qp2rX-Uu_qO1FGlc3jPxXBNyJGaYD1OFmKCSzIGrwyfMuygsuQj6M0DWubbrLpt_tKYeahuMJisj-MVO1yT2KwczWQpCFwXRdiU/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+227.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYXbwA4v6G_G3Fu0Q5yBu3gE623BZsQCj2dQ6ky72Qp2rX-Uu_qO1FGlc3jPxXBNyJGaYD1OFmKCSzIGrwyfMuygsuQj6M0DWubbrLpt_tKYeahuMJisj-MVO1yT2KwczWQpCFwXRdiU/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+227.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393399731265697266" border="0" /></a>What I noticed here, as in Illinois, were lots of signs about the university's achievements, including this plaque on a boulder along the nature trail, for a Wisconsin Nobel prize winner.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIHJ7JFib9lYAN-t6-Arwh0rd2MK34VeyEe2bn54qNrx6t-yt16V22WP6feOE7B-kVAH9S3c3Vlfg-5ym4QTeq0N5n7exCH6EDQ_pEoxe9ErKtD-atpNtsgUukq7zSCmrEtNYQpnBvRs/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+229.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIHJ7JFib9lYAN-t6-Arwh0rd2MK34VeyEe2bn54qNrx6t-yt16V22WP6feOE7B-kVAH9S3c3Vlfg-5ym4QTeq0N5n7exCH6EDQ_pEoxe9ErKtD-atpNtsgUukq7zSCmrEtNYQpnBvRs/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+229.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393399719348746354" border="0" /></a>And in the woods, this plaque to the first Wisconsin-born professor at the University of Wisconsin (from the late 19th century), and the first Norwegian-American to become a professor in an American university.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTa10HC2_mg1D_JvtlMVM6Yf_c9xek0ianCqPgous9jjXllCm2ggdg7CNc4ssPNetQX5fWZ88B-Q3WWI2_oeH2W42F8EDLiM2ybiNzeHuYGcPWXV8rTqA-RYyF4Lj5xQAdGBiEziLBjUo/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+222.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTa10HC2_mg1D_JvtlMVM6Yf_c9xek0ianCqPgous9jjXllCm2ggdg7CNc4ssPNetQX5fWZ88B-Q3WWI2_oeH2W42F8EDLiM2ybiNzeHuYGcPWXV8rTqA-RYyF4Lj5xQAdGBiEziLBjUo/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+222.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393398286625842258" border="0" /></a>This newspaper stand has a special meaning too, in Madison, as the great Onion is published there.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSJ8cxQeGqw0GyuRbLuaqqupu9zvl94p-Pi60Ucv0hTwnKaPOCJxuIKUjz6500cLOdZKaAWyoOfdqlX07YgKrp-btnPlJBAS39ykO_W4nQG4-sL74MIOjoivcP4QSyKERjpdbWWdDAqk/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+218.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSJ8cxQeGqw0GyuRbLuaqqupu9zvl94p-Pi60Ucv0hTwnKaPOCJxuIKUjz6500cLOdZKaAWyoOfdqlX07YgKrp-btnPlJBAS39ykO_W4nQG4-sL74MIOjoivcP4QSyKERjpdbWWdDAqk/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+218.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393398279424936498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadNYOLv6BpoWTWjJRv5d9bjyv8lQoX9w8T2LXjo63K-UtJAMuftEo0c1hyphenhyphen44DzePBBeSqYMFJCziLCk9jqEyzkQ6w9szEcSw1tZ7uFfcPHjYLeumQPZoaliRQGPRMECaIuzAkTH5fjRY/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+215.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadNYOLv6BpoWTWjJRv5d9bjyv8lQoX9w8T2LXjo63K-UtJAMuftEo0c1hyphenhyphen44DzePBBeSqYMFJCziLCk9jqEyzkQ6w9szEcSw1tZ7uFfcPHjYLeumQPZoaliRQGPRMECaIuzAkTH5fjRY/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+215.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393398270852525106" border="0" /></a>On the porch of the Robert LaFolette building for Public Affairs--a preserved Wisconsin home, probably from 100 years ago--the treats were out for the local cats.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkANUSP8cLyQU9fzxgxeqxXmLwaYc61fmJtpV3_I7aIXLpRkCN0qw96H5H5iMWdHtW614zKXW4PiSTsX9qux91nkXgJrqh19h2b1g9I1D9OQWajNTYwEBx9ztUix6vvaW9vmBSyNQE2Q/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+204.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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The "short course" is a special 17-week program offered to accommodate people who need quick ag training.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkK2avo498SvXOZeX83_tLPiPifORuPxaXhTnsGm-NCTwK2Pk_wn_G_ZnOPrRJlKRiaRAd1YiNyFFQG3dIGTQo2AeBwde2TNOd5fN3N3vrL6VSUSSiC845hBk-W9833VmQrZPiS7dk7Y/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+178.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkK2avo498SvXOZeX83_tLPiPifORuPxaXhTnsGm-NCTwK2Pk_wn_G_ZnOPrRJlKRiaRAd1YiNyFFQG3dIGTQo2AeBwde2TNOd5fN3N3vrL6VSUSSiC845hBk-W9833VmQrZPiS7dk7Y/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+178.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393397366892941042" border="0" /></a>Another great plaque, capturing a lot of the greatness of UW.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3f6nb7VBCEeIKq4wDw_Z8APOLYQvWDeUz7pho7oTEQZ2TbLGSggAyMz0b-34k2KENQ_bvHP9-HJ4uMNlRNYNMdJ8_LaNJb4TCFquxwkEIlyD7f9xdwAgOP0pUIDyhkVYvbWY5hNTDUvs/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+174.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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below, equally abundant illustrations of the campus's natural beauty (all from an experimental garden, where, admittedly, things were dying).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSh41X9S3dTgAnfEMGprB1PCeWDb3FcyFPgXbtwppvRXWbC1jTisG4hQYDjC1CnezxYnlysepGysA7_WK6J66nRVmsdUIOHVUxT36VK8ulDMpUBBeXRaYtbj9FjVMCuxYb6eanEqusYqU/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+128.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSh41X9S3dTgAnfEMGprB1PCeWDb3FcyFPgXbtwppvRXWbC1jTisG4hQYDjC1CnezxYnlysepGysA7_WK6J66nRVmsdUIOHVUxT36VK8ulDMpUBBeXRaYtbj9FjVMCuxYb6eanEqusYqU/s400/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+128.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393396355654543954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy39xADeQTjmtuxhCn2J8EXqJpuF6spq266clNWlQQG_S_z1x5rQJ8igmCmjuPlm_p3bfNLK65BXRoHOoqd9UvdcyGzuypiuLI74eWD-FKiffssRJCn5dDHbJafUI9wbNah1-FgJbOAyE/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+October+in+Wisconsin+122.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzouNwsW6_Vp08FyWZeltijhYPOX3P7bEzrAxcpcnZx4sM7fMNpG6uvkttNeJBkTkVM0vQGxFu2nXvzNHkMEoTOBGoeJL9761RC1wm1t9rDmY4fUqm_ljO2BxanhB7qpuDAXb_KBcqZM/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385955615310714130" border="0" /></a>Some scenes from Illinois, the big "I"....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdHplvHb4Jw51ohT9Rj62meCIkPQ0tcpKj-upIKmPwEWWhH8h-qpmbeXmq6DN4oDszn-KZwmNWBofghAZh2twpQo2rKKk6wALt27LBb09h5PcBILGbjIwEPqpU3xQrlbCREc8vkCyW5k/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdHplvHb4Jw51ohT9Rj62meCIkPQ0tcpKj-upIKmPwEWWhH8h-qpmbeXmq6DN4oDszn-KZwmNWBofghAZh2twpQo2rKKk6wALt27LBb09h5PcBILGbjIwEPqpU3xQrlbCREc8vkCyW5k/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385955596741571442" border="0" /></a>I saw the campus in the early morning, and generally with a bit of rain. That kept down the soybean aphid swarms that I heard about, and gave everything a nice sheen.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1s09vWxecidYKleU6gnpDcLZ9baqixAUZXLFKAzcSS-wjcYXRRF2q2y0gnUzwDqhlvGZusejwf6cjF-IaLqyowMFtSBxX4osswXl1bd0LZ82i5hHmEiwTqf1HAeH8QqJPmCKNa_VRbzw/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1s09vWxecidYKleU6gnpDcLZ9baqixAUZXLFKAzcSS-wjcYXRRF2q2y0gnUzwDqhlvGZusejwf6cjF-IaLqyowMFtSBxX4osswXl1bd0LZ82i5hHmEiwTqf1HAeH8QqJPmCKNa_VRbzw/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385955589618212066" border="0" /></a>There were a few controversies evident, including an on-going student discussion about changing the school mascot (treated in this great sign)...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidl-B85RypEfuaqcYMOGYF2494yJR1lb7y44wFLs5GtjR87V2n1LavgcAh0buU2DugdtwSPdP-kN0_91ubhQaEwZ4J1WApShO82OXMP20YWpdBCQiequ6icGl38DzpvoBkwsYUw3-jQUE/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidl-B85RypEfuaqcYMOGYF2494yJR1lb7y44wFLs5GtjR87V2n1LavgcAh0buU2DugdtwSPdP-kN0_91ubhQaEwZ4J1WApShO82OXMP20YWpdBCQiequ6icGl38DzpvoBkwsYUw3-jQUE/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385955585668139202" border="0" /></a>The buildings had names from the Lincoln administration, in part because of Lincoln's Illinois connection, but because his administration put together the state university system. This is the old insignia over Lincoln Hall, currently under renovation.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_w7SYkPRAfztvARsW1fQ8iheI2YszRBnfkdyakRkawj6Y6hRUfcx5BwfjiZRnRIwrkHDS4MY0KCmv2J0YcV5ICvomqc1qByv2BN763EaGftFDprb52nbJyLyAPMfiFQt7Y9ul2hsz24A/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+034.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_w7SYkPRAfztvARsW1fQ8iheI2YszRBnfkdyakRkawj6Y6hRUfcx5BwfjiZRnRIwrkHDS4MY0KCmv2J0YcV5ICvomqc1qByv2BN763EaGftFDprb52nbJyLyAPMfiFQt7Y9ul2hsz24A/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385952506196086306" border="0" /></a>The most beautiful feature of the campus is the presence of midwestern vegetation on the campus, like this wild prairie grass.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3ydin7MO4nqlVJ432L2pxKy6U48NTysC7lVmnNIlDqf1XbTfAQDgGHx84TGg2N0TYUsKJMRXgKGEulzl9lBs4k8CdN6TJrrumYuOSGW74acMaazEWKeqB2G0CL6y-Pcho1Oby1m04Q8/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+038.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3ydin7MO4nqlVJ432L2pxKy6U48NTysC7lVmnNIlDqf1XbTfAQDgGHx84TGg2N0TYUsKJMRXgKGEulzl9lBs4k8CdN6TJrrumYuOSGW74acMaazEWKeqB2G0CL6y-Pcho1Oby1m04Q8/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385952497525850546" border="0" /></a>The student body, especially undergraduate, had a strong midwestern feel, but there was a big international student presence too, which partly accounted for this great umbrella, the best I saw.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmR3ufkEESn47RdwDKBrW3mCTU04pVMwQW9yfz7kKTpSCmXeBHqm-mb0gqD8uqInPhfQcT44jqZyNKDwjzN9QjVU1SkJRV8ONTmQzozp8PvFzprEvS3Ii8Xy9bnjHQAUtijRcPZEgPqeo/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+049.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmR3ufkEESn47RdwDKBrW3mCTU04pVMwQW9yfz7kKTpSCmXeBHqm-mb0gqD8uqInPhfQcT44jqZyNKDwjzN9QjVU1SkJRV8ONTmQzozp8PvFzprEvS3Ii8Xy9bnjHQAUtijRcPZEgPqeo/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+049.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385952492624113890" border="0" /></a>I loved the classic big state school quad, and the feeling of natural space flanked by big institutional structures.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssfS1G-Zc6kXuxj5XsUb8HhmYA4mHyuDgZqXS-U36ChzCr60OAjcloYUkkEB9HQv1Cfl4Uric6jWXXUqtG6ThL1YwM_xBNQ252LIpKsXyQV0rFR34EnXeEVWlk7-AI0q7B2v626gHAMo/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+056.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssfS1G-Zc6kXuxj5XsUb8HhmYA4mHyuDgZqXS-U36ChzCr60OAjcloYUkkEB9HQv1Cfl4Uric6jWXXUqtG6ThL1YwM_xBNQ252LIpKsXyQV0rFR34EnXeEVWlk7-AI0q7B2v626gHAMo/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385952484164525570" border="0" /></a>The big excitement was the resignation of the president (which seemed to elate most people), in part from the scandal over secret heritage admissions.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7tTQga7VhyphenhyphenI-pN1UXXugKW80Ed8QV9_esahhtbfyuDqnZHH0DshL-1w9JbMpcPAVp9QBzPKo624Epukh1G_tnP8IIhEhayH3qzwyCfJDNGsXZFm_JJoaVTfQPTJOoukGmjLU8s3YC1w/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+061.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7tTQga7VhyphenhyphenI-pN1UXXugKW80Ed8QV9_esahhtbfyuDqnZHH0DshL-1w9JbMpcPAVp9QBzPKo624Epukh1G_tnP8IIhEhayH3qzwyCfJDNGsXZFm_JJoaVTfQPTJOoukGmjLU8s3YC1w/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385951007158447218" border="0" /></a>Another local touch: the tornado warning sign...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOlTPAiFeHgPJfM4CokrzySAcFEpE2u0uP77mDe3y9SE3t7MXh7iN3ybYFlLPiIIg6BshCjfYYUWXJrfRGiLlKEtX7_83X86Q36QGRPXTlxcJeOsWdh7ze8B4tX6CACR577pqf2GGDjA/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOlTPAiFeHgPJfM4CokrzySAcFEpE2u0uP77mDe3y9SE3t7MXh7iN3ybYFlLPiIIg6BshCjfYYUWXJrfRGiLlKEtX7_83X86Q36QGRPXTlxcJeOsWdh7ze8B4tX6CACR577pqf2GGDjA/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385950997385136834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iGcPwf2pY8VaAa2364BnuQ-Ci9BSOCsRij8x44HbJwMaTTjb9fF0mQ5fndLEb1EI20IV06eKDZjJAhrtOljLDiA-k9uiyKtAfKDRKoQ2rxSjF5qHpp4DBjVJLmHyzLi8xLe6dH-k-GQ/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+081.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iGcPwf2pY8VaAa2364BnuQ-Ci9BSOCsRij8x44HbJwMaTTjb9fF0mQ5fndLEb1EI20IV06eKDZjJAhrtOljLDiA-k9uiyKtAfKDRKoQ2rxSjF5qHpp4DBjVJLmHyzLi8xLe6dH-k-GQ/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385950992034619938" border="0" /></a>There were several corn plots in the middle of campus, including this one next to an old observatory.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIr6CwgMXfXVx2dfD-_l_ZXjQDZ1gtcOFIL-Npd193848ltVzt9u8leRwAhP6jdkCCli-TCDEhhhqFWDMzPIS33IS84CFBDGgc0A1t5PTGj9Qg3KvmM1AhEOGfRD5eWeCSqZYYwT6SM0/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+088.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIr6CwgMXfXVx2dfD-_l_ZXjQDZ1gtcOFIL-Npd193848ltVzt9u8leRwAhP6jdkCCli-TCDEhhhqFWDMzPIS33IS84CFBDGgc0A1t5PTGj9Qg3KvmM1AhEOGfRD5eWeCSqZYYwT6SM0/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385950986761546850" border="0" /></a>I took this picture for the sign, and only afterward noticed the bug perched on the sign.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwrEsfOpZXxtEYbUqiiOAys2-0cyqm589p1naeRc9M4FEutb4DxA0kmHD25DcjjO3lbX9QXp2mBTKC1tbudGgncmM4QnJPocDSSmGsO2brHLzgqikQX-EzxazhoHLCJTkTDwGjjSwRps/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+089.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwrEsfOpZXxtEYbUqiiOAys2-0cyqm589p1naeRc9M4FEutb4DxA0kmHD25DcjjO3lbX9QXp2mBTKC1tbudGgncmM4QnJPocDSSmGsO2brHLzgqikQX-EzxazhoHLCJTkTDwGjjSwRps/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+089.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385949429395116210" border="0" /></a>This was an intriguing building--the Art History building, also called the Old Farm House, situated in the middle of campus and currently empty for renovation.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUW9YY0DLyJsi4X7RuUchV59wX7vbQaF2Joo7sEZPUbdPQA6yRcrIGgbpq5a-oPCVtK6T17hpTyomYp-pCaNhmHSCm2H09Jky8318FD1A-6TyrfEMhl3SBsBWLoqLiwzT0JvTzl0B8Rwk/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+096.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUW9YY0DLyJsi4X7RuUchV59wX7vbQaF2Joo7sEZPUbdPQA6yRcrIGgbpq5a-oPCVtK6T17hpTyomYp-pCaNhmHSCm2H09Jky8318FD1A-6TyrfEMhl3SBsBWLoqLiwzT0JvTzl0B8Rwk/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+096.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385949426899768514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKykf-rnzM1bf6cDq-QJ3zEj7OParBOio8tXvfywkcUpnlSB-xvhmfp3Iw00P3tK2JVTrscy_cmdqLB7KQyWiiNEgOAM0DHw45LnlF3gywbICDGaccCS9S3HI82myGm22Lc8TBBJxrmA/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+102.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EwPkQ6PtRBRao2H3l8DgJtkI4aVPAj-7stUvIjBhnatY75SU4cv5wkloTUQkM3ut3zUbNUQhAgo1IL0znnuhV_JKF86Wj43lWcLrLWZhZBnBY3gapJACnNzpZtftML7IGP6GfyIGrGE/s400/Prime+Lens+September+in+Illinois+113.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385947397524647554" border="0" /></a>Walking a little further, I came across a cemetary (also in the middle of campus), which had a Jewish plot, then a veterans area, then a German immigrant area, and so on. 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What's up, dude?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAAOi4PqlNorFekHEwWzGUb-FCY-8dIwCEkZHM2kOWJn8ryUN9_s5E2Nq1-Q26bWZl-5iIJSnXDbpNYNXi2VFKmi9cHjSTi4geq3CorSHb4ZpSQ3UwgpwnJ8aOn7kZ5yAOnd7jWtrZJk/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+054.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAAOi4PqlNorFekHEwWzGUb-FCY-8dIwCEkZHM2kOWJn8ryUN9_s5E2Nq1-Q26bWZl-5iIJSnXDbpNYNXi2VFKmi9cHjSTi4geq3CorSHb4ZpSQ3UwgpwnJ8aOn7kZ5yAOnd7jWtrZJk/s400/Prime+Lens+September+054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381860297842339314" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-45504125230075348322009-09-14T16:15:00.000-07:002009-09-14T16:22:53.240-07:00New Pics from a Grateful Happy Boy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYHii8IFK84_iaKqsaPEdRwxPzFZy1N6ndfpM5WEKM8NXaoeha7J3QANeweM9Hu88VBmcmFvXY5LluQofAKWJ3c3oxbIyyw5KyNIS466z-Am62F1-Zg68MUkZmVswMOrp5oq-9QMyp7k/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+139.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYHii8IFK84_iaKqsaPEdRwxPzFZy1N6ndfpM5WEKM8NXaoeha7J3QANeweM9Hu88VBmcmFvXY5LluQofAKWJ3c3oxbIyyw5KyNIS466z-Am62F1-Zg68MUkZmVswMOrp5oq-9QMyp7k/s400/Prime+Lens+September+139.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381467298469602322" border="0" /></a>LOVING this camera lens, and the new view of depth of field,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8FdjLmIpolZnmXn_jCH5u5JOm4IoJl-ND9tdBWv9WvPzkhWc75axaB38iguXc3Ct67bm8h1hroPCiVigVQ9w9Q7orFlKznWH5X16Hi0Q0Z9k9aBH7PkYS6QXECCJA6TwmGITKjR9Aio/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8FdjLmIpolZnmXn_jCH5u5JOm4IoJl-ND9tdBWv9WvPzkhWc75axaB38iguXc3Ct67bm8h1hroPCiVigVQ9w9Q7orFlKznWH5X16Hi0Q0Z9k9aBH7PkYS6QXECCJA6TwmGITKjR9Aio/s400/Prime+Lens+September+016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381467284083638578" border="0" /></a>interior shots,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_k0mO587PSghAloT_yAryKRPLGWsKwD7eEFVPuWYUMucXBXxG63atepZVD9E10q5LwQ4kqxtRUsdLL8MPLR_AiLdW5YUusEeAUiX1eLZQLhglYBWz-8E-_k1kwKXu2kk_ujMRZFeRC8/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_k0mO587PSghAloT_yAryKRPLGWsKwD7eEFVPuWYUMucXBXxG63atepZVD9E10q5LwQ4kqxtRUsdLL8MPLR_AiLdW5YUusEeAUiX1eLZQLhglYBWz-8E-_k1kwKXu2kk_ujMRZFeRC8/s400/Prime+Lens+September+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381467274441643618" border="0" /></a>depth of field,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglQXuHhyphenhyphenQ3Zd_vnomE4GkGpe-PLgJxgLcnmPwixNTZmttekaGSmKOyhI1mAJveiCzCgehDAQhq-0rFJb5gikGEecwlZGpj6Aro549MV7IhBP-0kx-gw5RQENyz1qmvOln1TZtc_fLCp8/s1600-h/Prime+Lens+September+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglQXuHhyphenhyphenQ3Zd_vnomE4GkGpe-PLgJxgLcnmPwixNTZmttekaGSmKOyhI1mAJveiCzCgehDAQhq-0rFJb5gikGEecwlZGpj6Aro549MV7IhBP-0kx-gw5RQENyz1qmvOln1TZtc_fLCp8/s400/Prime+Lens+September+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381467261761522322" border="0" /></a>and geez, whatever makes this beautiful. You're the greatest!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-67340192114088083472009-07-07T19:59:00.001-07:002009-07-07T20:05:13.644-07:00Walking around town<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNSvHDvq9U15o0sPJknp603WkWi3bIJAjiZAt49b2jryh4XK_ZGrAyZ8QCWkSyB94hsoV3kBiDdLh1hBX5Vv7EoQoTnv5mltliZTO8anmFHYuQW90joJId9P2bZnreh6vq6ZFYSQlGYo/s1600-h/Photospoon+Various+028.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNSvHDvq9U15o0sPJknp603WkWi3bIJAjiZAt49b2jryh4XK_ZGrAyZ8QCWkSyB94hsoV3kBiDdLh1hBX5Vv7EoQoTnv5mltliZTO8anmFHYuQW90joJId9P2bZnreh6vq6ZFYSQlGYo/s400/Photospoon+Various+028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355919958797658530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwuUwjDuKO9JvtFcRz0x7mNQbXAdGpBxxFpNZ2F6DxuqlXQtuyJZUjJOT9KK10qssDxGyXHGvIJkltdvYWOrBw5EWNCbULstN0PkBy6Dsk58w53-3_G7bgiPC77z1rlzzyYVrpZjKrPzw/s1600-h/Photospoon+Various+027.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_IUxHBGlHOTBM1kI1UDk7SpCSoQ27uOFaqjKGC7TnZ3Oxsd5Fd0lNds13gmZAiqpCSUYHM8nxEH8PkOPSqOwoAnd37fhBUNYjWMcmh73DFiiV-2BrYKojkqlq63EJHV_gn17Jlp9azs/s400/Photospoon+Various+023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355919939791662898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vahKsFA_bHT2dwpRupqC1msNdCaKlhPUfbk-FHfSeLex-eJz_APGfr08KoAHrz5hxeQBgY0t4PfKuubCpWvfBImu758Cfst-DtjSOJuHLhtviTCDQZfnZMLiHZlKxam_WXk8KvJx02w/s1600-h/Photospoon+Various+008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vahKsFA_bHT2dwpRupqC1msNdCaKlhPUfbk-FHfSeLex-eJz_APGfr08KoAHrz5hxeQBgY0t4PfKuubCpWvfBImu758Cfst-DtjSOJuHLhtviTCDQZfnZMLiHZlKxam_WXk8KvJx02w/s400/Photospoon+Various+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355919311123893666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAmV91KyIsjzQlHScVigTHesZIXknf18rEhshqHyKL6NgnMoWfwHPAjREvLb924kI2aKPf66Sgv-sT3YerZ7V6oClSp38a5ngJ6SHAAs39vZ_jaCiq_0OjNfrqpH6S8Q-TFb_0Ec8kHo/s1600-h/Photospoon+Various+016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAmV91KyIsjzQlHScVigTHesZIXknf18rEhshqHyKL6NgnMoWfwHPAjREvLb924kI2aKPf66Sgv-sT3YerZ7V6oClSp38a5ngJ6SHAAs39vZ_jaCiq_0OjNfrqpH6S8Q-TFb_0Ec8kHo/s400/Photospoon+Various+016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355919301404932866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJTpuuEm1WNGkd3tgoIRMWSV-v8wLqqBVVBj3kIlUWYRIXqyFjY8nvb-6W1TH07TvYgxK9Tp8tu_OUafrCmNP86yw3Sqv3-A1MR6cs0ap1rOuDyBT9po-2WTSl4pyrN6XQJrFciwaxUw/s1600-h/Photospoon+Various+012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJTpuuEm1WNGkd3tgoIRMWSV-v8wLqqBVVBj3kIlUWYRIXqyFjY8nvb-6W1TH07TvYgxK9Tp8tu_OUafrCmNP86yw3Sqv3-A1MR6cs0ap1rOuDyBT9po-2WTSl4pyrN6XQJrFciwaxUw/s400/Photospoon+Various+012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355919296720114210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYL489MiOl1B5L6dyb3Pa5Mmi2Ha_MALZ_aJik04dxZgs5LR3YtgbHFL5D1EET12HS1FH1BBhiHpfC5nhhB8gJCPC8erNv0qRfW9ofFFy13jxIdlcBDwH3Z0MB0m666PvexAxVT23XICw/s1600-h/Photospoon+Various+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYL489MiOl1B5L6dyb3Pa5Mmi2Ha_MALZ_aJik04dxZgs5LR3YtgbHFL5D1EET12HS1FH1BBhiHpfC5nhhB8gJCPC8erNv0qRfW9ofFFy13jxIdlcBDwH3Z0MB0m666PvexAxVT23XICw/s400/Photospoon+Various+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355919293131072514" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-90859343725493452982009-07-03T15:13:00.000-07:002009-07-03T15:33:01.182-07:00Artificial Const(rain)t<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jGiusOtJJBFf7RbLAa5eTnY0_qKjJF0reYGnAmYJOnN0SruK66n1WMM0gvSXbZ2HKIaSIO6YkjQ32lc_cpsNT4rfJatHkCIZ6SFwbnzfKO0b44BYMl4eXcFRBueB2tLd-qSvvxvknkY/s1600-h/02+01+07_1174_edited-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jGiusOtJJBFf7RbLAa5eTnY0_qKjJF0reYGnAmYJOnN0SruK66n1WMM0gvSXbZ2HKIaSIO6YkjQ32lc_cpsNT4rfJatHkCIZ6SFwbnzfKO0b44BYMl4eXcFRBueB2tLd-qSvvxvknkY/s400/02+01+07_1174_edited-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354361606626562658" border="0" /></a>So I was going to walk and take some pictures, and a huge rainstorm came up, and my first reaction was "damn" because my plans were messed up. I thought about catching pictures of the light before the rain and after, but then thought I should let the rain be my constraint, and see if I could take a picture in the "worst" conditions.<br /><br />The first is taken pulled over on a street, with pouring rain, and the car window down. The constraint here made me take a picture I'd never otherwise take, of something that I find ugly on many levels; even the framing (where I stopped, briefly, and the open window, and the distance I could get leaning across the seat but staying out of the rain) is constrained. I guess what I "like" about this picture (and maybe about some of the NYC pictures I took last week) is that it captures the ugliness well (the plastic, the incompleteness of the construction, the aggressive sign, the ubiquitous brandnames, the rain).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSU7GrzHz17yasNQzvgITsH3mG_RHct4DCUkRQYe897z8JZUICc-dcudYHOXK4YPioTm6hu5mNXT_1idrY5QYUxWC37G2xALRhO2izby09-DjLDclcenRg_ZuAR8tF_2q2xf3ZXb8WhZo/s1600-h/02+01+07_1180_edited-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSU7GrzHz17yasNQzvgITsH3mG_RHct4DCUkRQYe897z8JZUICc-dcudYHOXK4YPioTm6hu5mNXT_1idrY5QYUxWC37G2xALRhO2izby09-DjLDclcenRg_ZuAR8tF_2q2xf3ZXb8WhZo/s400/02+01+07_1180_edited-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354361601531697522" border="0" /></a><br />The second I really like: I stopped the car three blocks from home and took a bunch of pictures as the windshield became obscured. I like that this picture captures the blurring of vision that we constantly try to see around or through, as our eyes compensate and refine or complete what we need to see (the contours of the road). Here everything we normally focus upon is reduced to colors and shapes, while that which should be transparent (the glass, the atmosphere) come together with texture.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8iUGVNx5RZsaJXHzRP0xMZLIh9yakerKkxWTkRQ8xVex7YM_Yjq6gFQjNUqdTC0uE-pZWZMUz-1ep6XOEsVoo78uiTjEoPa2bFQl6_wBpkn488xYkzwCZFERvISOWDfvdE2vgzKZ6ms/s1600-h/02+01+07_1183_edited-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8iUGVNx5RZsaJXHzRP0xMZLIh9yakerKkxWTkRQ8xVex7YM_Yjq6gFQjNUqdTC0uE-pZWZMUz-1ep6XOEsVoo78uiTjEoPa2bFQl6_wBpkn488xYkzwCZFERvISOWDfvdE2vgzKZ6ms/s400/02+01+07_1183_edited-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354361593550975506" border="0" /></a>This third I attempted after several unsuccessful attempts to take a picture on our porch: I was trying to capture rain in several directions, and finally tried upward and to the right--a view I never catch, but one that allowed me to show the rain. Here I like the contrast of artificial shapes and lines (house and wiring) with the nature (leaves and trees), the color contrast, the clarity of the foregrounded leaves (and the shadows as they overlay, and then the delicacy of the weedy vine) compared with the fuzziness of the tree in the background, even the lone drop on the electric line.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4OTeOdcfm7OCjNVHtXlwkik7Vd5gknlMQqAF8RjXozR0xWQkzHt-J0A2kswklGbPffM_3p42tXXqs2EBxAnzOR6oZ8pk9h7zc5sHyooovoRMP_sQa3_bnUUQQmAR5iZDsHCxYF21Ll8/s1600-h/Rain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4OTeOdcfm7OCjNVHtXlwkik7Vd5gknlMQqAF8RjXozR0xWQkzHt-J0A2kswklGbPffM_3p42tXXqs2EBxAnzOR6oZ8pk9h7zc5sHyooovoRMP_sQa3_bnUUQQmAR5iZDsHCxYF21Ll8/s400/Rain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354364048244529074" border="0" /></a>And this last picture is from the top pane of the left window over the sink, capturing the run-off from the eave: I had to hold the camera up there and take a few pictures.<br /><br />All of the above were cropped and modified (color contrast, mostly) with Photoshop, about which I still have some ambivalence, as it seems like these are less <span style="font-style: italic;">my</span> pictures. But this fancy blogging software and font, I guess, enhances my writing, though this is not what my hand would have produced. Not sure what I think about that....<br /><br />Anyway...some first constraint pictures...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-90329163790325775922009-04-28T07:52:00.000-07:002009-04-28T07:58:52.570-07:00outside // inside<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuiQgPG8bSczsxauTbwaFgRmH6qnaKxQUWZi_JoNyEOAv8Lvtgf5a6HXgcHiiCSU3u_qNJmli3kmh5kWXeAaH40Rq5uGPnatyZMgc1HOQK31_RK7FOg0OyG_sGbpE6QKlCKDHvXoyZpG0/s1600-h/DSC_0368.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuiQgPG8bSczsxauTbwaFgRmH6qnaKxQUWZi_JoNyEOAv8Lvtgf5a6HXgcHiiCSU3u_qNJmli3kmh5kWXeAaH40Rq5uGPnatyZMgc1HOQK31_RK7FOg0OyG_sGbpE6QKlCKDHvXoyZpG0/s400/DSC_0368.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329756581284455634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwvL_-0ZwzuqbjQV-M_5O1EB1crNVlaCe_fw7AIVMcivKhptC0NOJoM-chhA-97ZwwZAiXFhcyAML6Qm7J0pB8YTemW2ml8n2jRPKgx3NpNpEzrpZXalkJz7Mfp2JD656DKLX1fvKVPU1/s1600-h/DSC_0356.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwvL_-0ZwzuqbjQV-M_5O1EB1crNVlaCe_fw7AIVMcivKhptC0NOJoM-chhA-97ZwwZAiXFhcyAML6Qm7J0pB8YTemW2ml8n2jRPKgx3NpNpEzrpZXalkJz7Mfp2JD656DKLX1fvKVPU1/s400/DSC_0356.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329756030306630738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1v5nGyDmTPWBB9N5ugE0BsYsio-ovH9l4_27jHnqWrPPjA0Sk41zAvHJdAA2v1_wGdYbIKaVMDNGalUnRt_3Y5yLIfIbbszsX28oTx-Cul9vdnZdqlkVTiNICf0Qy8z3x-bbwGKYGiND8/s1600-h/DSC_0317.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1v5nGyDmTPWBB9N5ugE0BsYsio-ovH9l4_27jHnqWrPPjA0Sk41zAvHJdAA2v1_wGdYbIKaVMDNGalUnRt_3Y5yLIfIbbszsX28oTx-Cul9vdnZdqlkVTiNICf0Qy8z3x-bbwGKYGiND8/s400/DSC_0317.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329755643537145490" border="0" /></a>amishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05153910403783107480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-14359246396781824732009-04-14T06:39:00.000-07:002009-04-14T06:51:51.230-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKgCF4VLuPH9RPtFSWVIzWVLtAmi7yi2bKIFqt-Ui8F45ZV2HeJtcrkkdLQhWhzmPdTM3uW2fynAnk2en2J_FvfnvzqbN5RokuOOu8cgphrS6DXex5Ej4AUwOcxSRZ-AWT5Em9PhN9Qt2/s1600-h/DSC_0150.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKgCF4VLuPH9RPtFSWVIzWVLtAmi7yi2bKIFqt-Ui8F45ZV2HeJtcrkkdLQhWhzmPdTM3uW2fynAnk2en2J_FvfnvzqbN5RokuOOu8cgphrS6DXex5Ej4AUwOcxSRZ-AWT5Em9PhN9Qt2/s400/DSC_0150.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324544051078888530" border="0" /></a><br />friday, april 10<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH4cvklpErnatBPVdW4D4ysh91kQfofCW_zlCavVja5_GY5t4yhIMoL8OPAf7RkgVRW_mHtjxSGK0ARclyUoIJ2kZedAw05tC7sWUU5_N8rw8CCbQVkkVrOPndi7hXUqv9SelpFge1_bR/s1600-h/DSC_0231.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH4cvklpErnatBPVdW4D4ysh91kQfofCW_zlCavVja5_GY5t4yhIMoL8OPAf7RkgVRW_mHtjxSGK0ARclyUoIJ2kZedAw05tC7sWUU5_N8rw8CCbQVkkVrOPndi7hXUqv9SelpFge1_bR/s400/DSC_0231.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324543380786853138" border="0" /></a><br />saturday, april 11<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzM34Oa7f9B0RGBr1TkaKDkQxMzFzTILBJFCWcOi2DEkpqnTo7fhseHDt82Gk7bcY8qr2ekagL7Zu5ubzey1zpZSuou4GT8ICeGL9Wv_BnniNGj9wmb2zQmBQRdffHYkgkd8ufl08BWOBg/s1600-h/DSC_0308.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzM34Oa7f9B0RGBr1TkaKDkQxMzFzTILBJFCWcOi2DEkpqnTo7fhseHDt82Gk7bcY8qr2ekagL7Zu5ubzey1zpZSuou4GT8ICeGL9Wv_BnniNGj9wmb2zQmBQRdffHYkgkd8ufl08BWOBg/s400/DSC_0308.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324542699088227522" border="0" /></a><br />sunday, april 12amishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05153910403783107480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-18635634610917827762009-04-13T11:31:00.000-07:002009-04-13T11:33:48.503-07:00that hankie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknla6EcJohwH5aMWXDfv7uTQ5V6HHzMM2rmvsMZure-cmpJuYOZ8hcnJ1zIqCPldJqvaX5qtlMg-OSLp8Vz90gV7_f6yq9qYlolyeJdSPap3fJTFola-wV7nd5iIaJIP9WnPotQVL5gT_/s1600-h/DSC_0100.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknla6EcJohwH5aMWXDfv7uTQ5V6HHzMM2rmvsMZure-cmpJuYOZ8hcnJ1zIqCPldJqvaX5qtlMg-OSLp8Vz90gV7_f6yq9qYlolyeJdSPap3fJTFola-wV7nd5iIaJIP9WnPotQVL5gT_/s400/DSC_0100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324245615009381346" border="0" /></a><br />on cotton-linen, with fringed edges. a fancy way to keep myself dainty in may, don't you think?<br />(and look how fancy it is <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknla6EcJohwH5aMWXDfv7uTQ5V6HHzMM2rmvsMZure-cmpJuYOZ8hcnJ1zIqCPldJqvaX5qtlMg-OSLp8Vz90gV7_f6yq9qYlolyeJdSPap3fJTFola-wV7nd5iIaJIP9WnPotQVL5gT_/s1600-h/DSC_0100.JPG">bigger</a>!)amishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05153910403783107480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-83558452024600111382009-04-12T17:15:00.000-07:002009-04-12T17:17:34.469-07:00afternoon snack<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LJabbwr8YMKKbh_TOg2V8pXb67kpwuAWNQy0MJsEowOZBfY1QVnmUgeTdpJ9rbejbpVOe4q68bD6MZiLXwvxokToB-J4ToCQ97Z_DEo6M2BKO3_8PC9tGFycr_UvzmCQxdc5zeYQCXog/s1600-h/DSC_0260.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LJabbwr8YMKKbh_TOg2V8pXb67kpwuAWNQy0MJsEowOZBfY1QVnmUgeTdpJ9rbejbpVOe4q68bD6MZiLXwvxokToB-J4ToCQ97Z_DEo6M2BKO3_8PC9tGFycr_UvzmCQxdc5zeYQCXog/s400/DSC_0260.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323963301125825858" border="0" /></a>amishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05153910403783107480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-78348066766751483122009-04-10T19:03:00.000-07:002009-04-10T19:06:24.508-07:00to remind you of our walk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6E3cIrZziWT6Ltyy9MaLnFr8btUp2KEpNjLeFEX-aI-6ekKzAvsh06AnnZ5zsWb1HXK12RnCAG-uU16NyFUe8pk97sgvFMUMv-8lBJ9HT10l3Jg0AaXkBpnNiZwPq3iU470IPJENOx0s/s1600-h/DSC_0070.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6E3cIrZziWT6Ltyy9MaLnFr8btUp2KEpNjLeFEX-aI-6ekKzAvsh06AnnZ5zsWb1HXK12RnCAG-uU16NyFUe8pk97sgvFMUMv-8lBJ9HT10l3Jg0AaXkBpnNiZwPq3iU470IPJENOx0s/s400/DSC_0070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323248997439627506" border="0" /></a><br /><br />i love you.amishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05153910403783107480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217916800111302388.post-35728190357495367472009-02-04T16:36:00.000-08:002009-02-04T16:49:16.082-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrEyxhdl6arpKWEL5QOEs1aBZDSZkTovCHmmXEk6xdnpYFcDv1GLOa2DIVdMjttVwPeuSiwWp6hynnsalVPi8F3Wu14zQG9VoDTUG_CfViNnVSk-83oC6Wdv8q9s88fAkSDVEa-B_utVU/s1600-h/IMG_1892.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrEyxhdl6arpKWEL5QOEs1aBZDSZkTovCHmmXEk6xdnpYFcDv1GLOa2DIVdMjttVwPeuSiwWp6hynnsalVPi8F3Wu14zQG9VoDTUG_CfViNnVSk-83oC6Wdv8q9s88fAkSDVEa-B_utVU/s400/IMG_1892.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299107551328138050" border="0" /></a><br />sweetness,<br />do you remember that night last month when i told you how the trees looked like they were dipped in sugar?<br />last night it happened again, but i had my camera this time. i wished you were there walking home with me. it was so quiet and sparkling and beautiful.<br />xoxo<br />a<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrX1qVB1XyPhT-05bO-WqSqIWXPlUB0NU_VXXpOyWDe0cpU9xuJfQAr3PPr7_mUH0FtSxyWwR0HgCJkH7jo-fEWNsnPeEmsMeYWImLO9QIBJKPFIX11MAHi9uKRzleJ0GNNMIgmFnSnT39/s1600-h/IMG_1889.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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