photo share: familiar territory

I walk through the VA grounds in Milwaukee just about every week when the weather is at least halfway decent. Most of the time I don't have my camera with me. As I've photographed the area quite a few times over the past few years, I have to challenge myself to find new perspectives on the place. Last week I rose to the challenge yet again and took some pictures of the nearby Miller Park as well.

What have you been photographing lately?

M is for Miller

Are you ready for another round of Alphabe Thursday? Let's go!

While Milwaukee has become quite famous for its impressive range of craft breweries and craft beers, there is no question that it is definitely a Miller town, too. Whether or not you have any interest in beer, brewery tours are inexpensive (or in the case of Miller, free!), entertaining, and informative.  I've done the Sprecher Brewery and Lakefront Brewery (twice each actually) in past summers and finally checked Miller off the list this year.

Slowly but surely, Milwaukee is turning me into a beer drinker.

Check out what the other Alphabe Thursday participants posted for the letter M this week right here!

August Color Combination Inspiration, Round 1

Welcome to another round of color combination inspiration! I hope that you're able to find something here that sparks a new idea of some sort for your creative endeavors. As always, I've done my best to mix up the subjects that I feature. You can pull color combinations from any source for literally any type of creative project. Click on the photos to visit the original sources. Enjoy!

Cream / Purple (with woodland) from Edi

 

Orange / Bright Pink / White from Margaret

Charcoal Gray / Eggplant Purple from Sharla

 

Midnight Blue / Mint Green / Peach from Duni

 

Red / White from Paige

Let's Keep It Going!

What color combinations are you loving right now? Have you experimented with any new color combinations recently?

a throwback photo share: the last 12 days of summer 2009

I'm not sure what got me thinking about the summer of 2009 recently, but as my last 12 days of summer 2009 happened this time five years ago, I got inspired to share it here on a blog. Somehow I never did share those photos here because back then I mostly stuck to sharing beads, jewelry, and Etsy related matters. So here we go.

I spent the last 12 days of the summer of 2009 before the 09-10 school year started (I was teaching back then, remember?) traveling over 1,100 miles for some family happenings and a college friend's wedding. It's one of the last times that I got to visit my undergrad campus and one of the longest periods that I've spent in Chicago during the past decade. It was also the most time that I ever spent driving by myself in a two week period.

 

What were you doing during the summer of 2009?