March 15, 2006 Somewhere around this point in time I told myself “I’ll figure out how to get back here.”
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March 15, 2006

Somewhere around this point in time I told myself “I’ll figure out how to get back here.”

March 15, 2006 These two friends invited me to come visit about six years ago. That set off a series of events that eventually led me to find a new home and life in Chicagoland. Two things: I can’t ever thank them enough, and if you’re ever offered to go somewhere new and see new things… do it.
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March 15, 2006

These two friends invited me to come visit about six years ago. That set off a series of events that eventually led me to find a new home and life in Chicagoland.

Two things: I can’t ever thank them enough, and if you’re ever offered to go somewhere new and see new things… do it.

March 14, 2006 I can appreciate sunny days at the beach even if it’s still winter and only a few degrees above freezing.
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March 14, 2006

I can appreciate sunny days at the beach even if it’s still winter and only a few degrees above freezing.

December 24, 2004 This was my dog Chauncey. He was a happy playful fellow. Had him from age 9 - 21. He’s the only mammal I’m aware of that loved being out in the snow as much as me.
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December 24, 2004

This was my dog Chauncey. He was a happy playful fellow. Had him from age 9 - 21. He’s the only mammal I’m aware of that loved being out in the snow as much as me.

The Spruce Project: Adequate Tumblr Filler for Summer 2012 Starting tomorrow and continuing for the next 89 days (or however long Tumblr’s queue can hold out) I’ll be posting a series of redone photos from years gone by… years that come up as “six years ago” like 2006, which still seems like yesterday in my rapidly aging head. Purpose? The aforementioned adequate Tumblr filler, and maybe you’ll like one or two. This is Adobe Lightroom’s fault, really. Before 2011 the only post-processing I ever did with my pictures was changing the size and auto adjusting colors. Words like “curves”, “dodge”, and “burn” meant entirely different things. This will be a stand-in for something I’ll never, ever complete - redoing all the old photos. Also, while I was in the neighborhood, I decided to actually do more than just basic color adjustments. I’d call them “remixed” but that phrasing makes me cringe. “Spruce” is a good enough synonym for what I’m after, so that’ll do. And hey, since I’m working at this project from back in time instead of a future commitment, that means I’ll have a rather good chance of finishing it - unlike a certain picture-a-day project that lasted about 120 days before it went off the rails.
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The Spruce Project: Adequate Tumblr Filler for Summer 2012

Starting tomorrow and continuing for the next 89 days (or however long Tumblr’s queue can hold out) I’ll be posting a series of redone photos from years gone by… years that come up as “six years ago” like 2006, which still seems like yesterday in my rapidly aging head.

Purpose? The aforementioned adequate Tumblr filler, and maybe you’ll like one or two.

This is Adobe Lightroom’s fault, really. Before 2011 the only post-processing I ever did with my pictures was changing the size and auto adjusting colors. Words like “curves”, “dodge”, and “burn” meant entirely different things. This will be a stand-in for something I’ll never, ever complete - redoing all the old photos.

Also, while I was in the neighborhood, I decided to actually do more than just basic color adjustments. I’d call them “remixed” but that phrasing makes me cringe. “Spruce” is a good enough synonym for what I’m after, so that’ll do.

And hey, since I’m working at this project from back in time instead of a future commitment, that means I’ll have a rather good chance of finishing it - unlike a certain picture-a-day project that lasted about 120 days before it went off the rails.

Hey lake clouds. Been a minute since you sauntered in here like that.
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Hey lake clouds. Been a minute since you sauntered in here like that.

This. Is. Awesome.
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This. Is. Awesome.

I do fancy me a picturesque day.
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I do fancy me a picturesque day.

“And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of streets, that they may be seen of men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.” (Matthew 6:5) FYI: before I became as I am now, I had 13 years of religious education drilled into me. Some of the lines still stick.
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“And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of streets, that they may be seen of men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.”

(Matthew 6:5)

FYI: before I became as I am now, I had 13 years of religious education drilled into me. Some of the lines still stick.

South of McCormick Place, an old time skyline remains.
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South of McCormick Place, an old time skyline remains.