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Little Details….
…… of a Big Boy. I had an opportunity to have an up-close look a the UP 4014 while it was on a stopover in West Chicago. It was a little tough to get close to the locomotive but I was able to catch a few views. What an interesting, complex machine, looked almost new. … Continue reading
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Blowing into the Fair.
Taking a first at the Fair. Great job Sandburg Band. Continue reading
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Steam Clean
Clean up time at the Taste of Orland. Continue reading
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From under the Flowers
A fantastic courtyard at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. What a beauty. Continue reading
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Deal Days
Welcome to Rob’s house of used water safety helmets. We dive deep to make great deals. Continue reading
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Oh Canada!
Hockey Hall of Fame? Horror Hall of Fame? Easier choice knowing It in Canada. Continue reading
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Best part of summer. Late night ice cream.
Thanks, Andy’s for a great new building on LaGrange but also for some wonderful sweet treats. Continue reading
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Palms sway at the Oasis
As a young boy, my mom would sometimes take me to the Lincoln Oasis for a special treat of donuts and semis rumble underneath. My two early passions were trucks and trains. Continue reading
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A fading view.
Catch it while you can. This view is starting to disappear. The Illinois Tollway is slowly taking down Oasis to make room for more lanes. Continue reading
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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955