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Category: animals & nature

journeying with peonies

Growing up at my parents’ house in Oak Brook, my absolute favorite part of each spring was the short burst of peony blossoms from the three bushes we had (they came with the house; my parents weren’t into gardening). Each of these bushes had a different color — one pink like this picture, one white, and one white but dipped in pink. 😍 The last year we lived there, my parents hired these roofers to redo the roof as we prepared to sell the house. To my horror, they worked exactly during that two-week pocket of time where the peonies…

November is #birthdaymonth

Toward the end of October, I told myself I wanted to spend the month of November not only #NaNoWriMoing, but also doing weekly self-portrait sessions to celebrate my birthday month. Since apparently I always need a little downtime to allow the seedlings of new ideas to take root before I’m willing to actually do anything about them, I did my first impromptu shoot at the Arboretum today. And, full disclosure, Anthony was my living tripod(s); I didn’t need to go into full self-portrait mode, which — thank goodness! Because #lateluteal. So as an…