Chiaroscuro

And other musings on Cangiante, Sfumato, and Unione

Getting All Covered Up – The New Roof

In honor of getting a new roof today. We’re up early and awaiting the start of the pounding.

New House at the Old Golf Course

I made the image above in the early spring of this year at a housing development that took over an old golf course near Lemont, IL. The sky was super clear, and the sun was so stark. I saw the backlight houses as I was driving to Lemont and used my most useful tool, the U-Turn.

The project today is not so pretty. A new roof after waiting two and and half months for the permit. A bunch of house, including mine, were hit with a damaging hail storm earlier this summer. Now I hear the thudding of a different kind today.

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Robert

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