Model in the making...

We had a great weekend in Chicago. I love the city. It's a warmer friendlier place than New York, but still very busy and tons to see and do. More Chicago pictures and blurbs to come...

First, there is a small internet contest I would like to submit a photo to. It's on depth of field. Paul generously and mostly willing.... (mostly) obliged to be my gorgeous model. I do have to say, I'm lucky. He's always very helpful in all my photography pursuits and thus far my biggest fan.

So... which one is your fav?

I think it's either this one...

This one....

Or this one...

Praise the Lord

Psalm 150





Praise the Lord


Praise God in his sanctuary


Praise him in his mighty heavens


Praise him for his acts of power


Praise him for his surpassing greatness


Praise him with the sounding of trumpets


Praise him with the harp and lyre


Praise him with tambourine and dancing


Praise him with the strings and flute


Praise him with the clash of cymbals


Praise him with resound cymbaks


Let everything that has breath praise the Lord


Praise the Lord.





(My version)


Praise God


Praise God in his wonderous creation


Praise him on the mountain top


Praise him for his acts of grace


Praise him for his mystery


Praise him with your lips and actions


Praise him with your time and talent


Praise him with your forgiving heart


Praise him through your sinful mind


Praise him when you're tired and weary


Praise him when you're joyful and content


Let everything that has breath praise the Lord


Praise God

Praise God in his wonderous creation...

Whirlwind weekend in MN...

My friend Diane (from Delta Gamma) asked me if I wanted to go up to Minnesota to visit our other friend Jenny for the weekend. I think this trip is becoming an annual thing. Diane and I have great chats and lots of laughs. There is nothing better than old friends. Jen and her husband Murphy have a 1o month old and they wanted me to take a few snaps of their baby Fiona.


This is my crazy friend Jenny. She is beautiful on the inside out. She is one of the funniest people I know. I started laughing right when I got in her house and didn't stop until I walked out the door. Fiona is going to have a wild ride with a mom as fun as Jen!

This makes me want to be a mom. (Someday a long, long time from now:-)

Jen saw this little dress at Mall of America and bought it for my benefit... cute hugh?! I wanted to buy up the whole store because there was so much cute watermelon stuff. I hope I have a girl someday.

Hm.... I wonder what this is?

Curious if I can touch it...

Is mom looking?

Maybe I'll just take a little lick...

Nah... I'll just stick it in there real quick before my mom can catch me... I'm cute, I can get away with it.

July 1

We got into Chicago around 3:00pm. Check out the Jeep. I think I had a breakdown the day before because the mess was driving me crazy...Paul's place is great, furnished, view of the Hancock building, great location. We moved everything in, got organized and went to meet Paul's boss Bill.Bill showed us around Chicago, we went down to the "Taste of Chicago," and found a few hot spots to check out in future visits.

I saw this and thought of Yuan.

June 30

I went to take a shower... probably five hours later I was looking through my pictures and this is what I found...

What a dork... he set up the timer and everything...

We went to Canada.. had a horrible lunch but got a few good pics:-)

I just thought this was a cute picture.

June 29

We left the Adirondacks and were in route to Chicago. We camped around the Finger Lakes last year and decided to go back and check out one of the wineries. It was a beautiful view from the restaurant we had lunch.



"Need to move the camera to the left a little Darc."

He's quiet, but can be a goof sometimes.

We camped out on Lake... I'll have to ask Paul. We put the tent up in the rain, then it stopped. We went to check out Niagra Falls to see it lit up at night.