Late night self-portrait taken for an ear stretching community I follow.

Front room window pane, parents' house, Ft Wayne, IN.

Christmas tree at my parents' house, Ft Wayne, IN.

Ice crystals on the backdoor on a bitterly cold morning.

Sparkly Christmas feeling.

Fresh snow on the train tracks, Jarvis stop.

Logan: a still life.

Condensation on the west-facing bedroom window.

After Logan fell asleep, I covered him in newspapers.

Pipe full of vanilla flavored tobacco.

Pumpkins & gourds at the Richardson Corn Maze.

Ray doing some old-timey biking, Chicago History Museum.

A fantastical seahorse at the Shedd Aquarium.

Puppetbike makes a stop in Rogers Park.

Lily enjoys the empty bed.

Kitchen table.

People playing yard chess at The Taste of Chicago.

Under the overpass.

Lights outside of Skylark.

Neighbor's jade plant on the porch.

Looking up through Millennium Park.

Sandbar ripples.

Kitty feet.

Rocks we found on the beach; Logan says the symbols are runes.

Brilliantly colored blooms at the Chicago Botanical Gardens.

Chalk graffiti of the alphabet, Rogers Park.

Walking past the lake on the way home.

Lily's favorite chair.

Kitty's dramatic catnap.

Stripes & grime in the underground el.

Shifty light.

Chicken decor at Feed.

Since last visit, abandoned farm house's barn burned down, Champaign, IL.

Looking at this sign very early in the morning while waiting for coffee.

Uploading photos of the new apartment to a laptop while in a cafe, Rogers Park.

Graffiti owl, Pilsen.

So foggy, I can't even see the church two blocks away, Pilsen.

This screaming eagle drove all the way to Chicago from Georgia.

Shadowy.

Ray's dad's truck, Dupont, IN.

Sparklers at Kim & Joey's wedding, Madison, IN.

Dim afternoon light.

Backyard winter scene, Chicago.