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November 26, 2009 Happy Thanksgiving This is what I'm most thankful for. I'm also thankful for this daily community which has been so wonderful.

2009-11-25T20:46:35Z

Art Hill
November 26, 2009 Happy Thanksgiving This is what I'm most thankful for. I'm also thankful for this daily community which has been so wonderful.

November 25, 2009 Ready for takeoff I was going to post this a couple of weeks ago and went with something else.

2009-11-24T21:28:37Z

Art Hill
November 25, 2009 Ready for takeoff I was going to post this a couple of weeks ago and went with something else.

November 24, 2009 A berry good day Excuse the pun - yesterday was a good day for Lori, the first good day in over two weeks. We think she turned the corner. She has a doctor's appointment ...

2009-11-23T21:11:20Z

Art Hill
November 24, 2009 A berry good day Excuse the pun - yesterday was a good day for Lori, the first good day in over two weeks. We think she turned the corner. She has a doctor's appointment ...

November 23. 2009 Still hanging on I'm surprised to find a few flowers here and there this late. I'll capture 'em while I still can. I hate going a long time without shooting flowers and we ...

2009-11-22T20:52:59Z

Art Hill
November 23. 2009 Still hanging on I'm surprised to find a few flowers here and there this late. I'll capture 'em while I still can. I hate going a long time without shooting flowers and we ...

November 22, 2009 Beep, beep My little buddy Scarlett. She loves cars, trucks, trains, Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Ken. Princesses, dolls, Barbie, not so much.

2009-11-21T20:29:07Z

Art Hill
November 22, 2009 Beep, beep My little buddy Scarlett. She loves cars, trucks, trains, Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Ken. Princesses, dolls, Barbie, not so much.

November 21, 2009 Scarce It's getting harder and harder to find anything still in bloom. Most flowers disappeared weeks ago and temperatures haven't been out of the 40's until yesterday. O ...

2009-11-20T20:44:11Z

Art Hill
November 21, 2009 Scarce It's getting harder and harder to find anything still in bloom. Most flowers disappeared weeks ago and temperatures haven't been out of the 40's until yesterday. O ...

November 19, 2009 Attention 40 Year Olds I saw this sign at the Baja Fresh restaurant near where we live. I was determined to get a picture but it was raining, no convenient place to park an ...

2009-11-19T20:51:19Z

Art Hill
November 19, 2009 Attention 40 Year Olds I saw this sign at the Baja Fresh restaurant near where we live. I was determined to get a picture but it was raining, no convenient place to park an ...

November 19, 2009 Joey and Jake The boys always come up to my office with me first thing in the morning. Once in a while they sleep close enough for a picture. As often as not though, if I ...

2009-11-18T21:00:24Z

Art Hill
November 19, 2009 Joey and Jake The boys always come up to my office with me first thing in the morning. Once in a while they sleep close enough for a picture. As often as not though, if I ...

November 18, 2009 Phone Booth, Celebration Florida Still haven't picked up a camera so had to dip into the Florida pix. We had done the red phone booth shots in London and Epcot earlier so ...

2009-11-17T20:24:56Z

Art Hill
November 18, 2009 Phone Booth, Celebration Florida Still haven't picked up a camera so had to dip into the Florida pix. We had done the red phone booth shots in London and Epcot earlier so ...

November 17, 2009 Salt Creek - Oak Brook, Illinois Haven't picked up my camera in days. Shot this last Thursday near Graue Mill. We brought Lori home from the hospital around 4:00 yesterd ...

2009-11-16T20:11:25Z

Art Hill
November 17, 2009 Salt Creek - Oak Brook, Illinois Haven't picked up my camera in days. Shot this last Thursday near Graue Mill. We brought Lori home from the hospital around 4:00 yesterd ...

November 16, 2009 Get Well Wishes to Lori We thought Lori was getting better yesterday but around 5:00 she started feeling pretty bad. Hopefully today will be better. She was hoping to leave ...

2009-11-15T23:25:41Z

Art Hill
November 16, 2009 Get Well Wishes to Lori We thought Lori was getting better yesterday but around 5:00 she started feeling pretty bad. Hopefully today will be better. She was hoping to leave ...

November 15, 2009 As Fall becomes Winter The outdoor dining area at Millennium Park in Chicago has been transformed into a skating rink once again. Lori was put in the hospital yesterday w ...

2009-11-14T20:08:34Z

Art Hill
November 15, 2009 As Fall becomes Winter The outdoor dining area at Millennium Park in Chicago has been transformed into a skating rink once again. Lori was put in the hospital yesterday w ...

November 14, 2009 Ya can't beat city hall I was shocked and dismayed yesterday to see this sign at State and Madison in the center of the city. I checked the website when I got home and fou ...

2009-11-14T00:06:41Z

Art Hill
November 14, 2009 Ya can't beat city hall I was shocked and dismayed yesterday to see this sign at State and Madison in the center of the city. I checked the website when I got home and fou ...

November 13, 2009 In Memory of My Mom We lost her 5 years ago today. We were close and she only lived a mile from us. I've been in a creative slump this week anyway. I almost posted this p ...

2009-11-12T23:18:14Z

Art Hill
November 13, 2009 In Memory of My Mom We lost her 5 years ago today. We were close and she only lived a mile from us. I've been in a creative slump this week anyway. I almost posted this p ...

November 12, 2009 Bubbles My grandson Kyle with the bubble machine we brought back from Disneyworld for him. We dropped it off Sunday so we could see him and Braden before they left for Cal ...

2009-11-11T20:13:58Z

Art Hill
November 12, 2009 Bubbles My grandson Kyle with the bubble machine we brought back from Disneyworld for him. We dropped it off Sunday so we could see him and Braden before they left for Cal ...

November 11, 2009 Shopping Lindsey is a natural born shopper. This particular store is inside the huge Mickey Mouse hat in Disney's Hollywood Studio.

2009-11-10T20:14:36Z

Art Hill
November 11, 2009 Shopping Lindsey is a natural born shopper. This particular store is inside the huge Mickey Mouse hat in Disney's Hollywood Studio.

November 11, 2009 My new camera I sure got tired of lugging this thing around Disneyworld :-) It shoots 50 megapixel images. The digital card is the size of a book but it holds 79,000 image ...

2009-11-12T15:21:07Z

Art Hill
November 11, 2009 My new camera I sure got tired of lugging this thing around Disneyworld :-) It shoots 50 megapixel images. The digital card is the size of a book but it holds 79,000 image ...

November 9, 2009 Enchanted Castle It was getting pretty dark and as they kept changing lights I wasn't having very good luck handheld at ISO 3200 so I cranked the camera to ISO 12800 just t ...

2009-11-08T21:30:41Z

Art Hill
November 9, 2009 Enchanted Castle It was getting pretty dark and as they kept changing lights I wasn't having very good luck handheld at ISO 3200 so I cranked the camera to ISO 12800 just t ...

November 8, 2009 Celebration Florida 3 image panorama of Celebration a planned community developed by the Disney organization in 1996. It's a pretty little town with several nice restauran ...

2009-11-07T21:26:18Z

Art Hill
November 8, 2009 Celebration Florida 3 image panorama of Celebration a planned community developed by the Disney organization in 1996. It's a pretty little town with several nice restauran ...

November 7, 2009 At the Magic Kingdom We had a pretty good day. Both little girls seemed to have recovered. By dinner time though my daughter was burning up. I took her to the hospital and ...

2009-11-06T20:54:00Z

Art Hill
November 7, 2009 At the Magic Kingdom We had a pretty good day. Both little girls seemed to have recovered. By dinner time though my daughter was burning up. I took her to the hospital and ...

November 6, 2009 Getting Mickey's autograph We spent the day at Hollywood Studio. Lindsey seems much better, just a little cough. Scarlett was better but still needs another day. We're g ...

2009-11-05T20:13:49Z

Art Hill
November 6, 2009 Getting Mickey's autograph We spent the day at Hollywood Studio. Lindsey seems much better, just a little cough. Scarlett was better but still needs another day. We're g ...

November 5, 2009 Enchanted Castle Yesterday was to be our day at the Magic Kingdom. Instead, the girls spent all morning at a clinic waiting to see a doctor, get test results, etc. They ba ...

2009-11-04T19:58:52Z

Art Hill
November 5, 2009 Enchanted Castle Yesterday was to be our day at the Magic Kingdom. Instead, the girls spent all morning at a clinic waiting to see a doctor, get test results, etc. They ba ...

November 4, 2009 France Well, okay, the France pavillion at Disneyworld's Epcot Center. Shot this as we left the park after a fun day. They are having a wine and food festival at Epcot so ...

2009-11-03T21:48:50Z

Art Hill
November 4, 2009 France Well, okay, the France pavillion at Disneyworld's Epcot Center. Shot this as we left the park after a fun day. They are having a wine and food festival at Epcot so ...

November 3, 2009 Away again We're out of town, didn't get there till late so not really any picture taking opportunities until after dark. I shot this at 6400 ISO since I stuck with handhe ...

2009-11-02T21:46:18Z

Art Hill
November 3, 2009 Away again We're out of town, didn't get there till late so not really any picture taking opportunities until after dark. I shot this at 6400 ISO since I stuck with handhe ...

November 2, 2009 Spooky This is the house next door to us. He has always put up the decorations; this year he added a smoke machine. He comes to the door in costume. I showed you my daug ...

2009-11-01T20:05:59Z

Art Hill
November 2, 2009 Spooky This is the house next door to us. He has always put up the decorations; this year he added a smoke machine. He comes to the door in costume. I showed you my daug ...

November 1, 2009 Halloween We got to see all four grandkids by going to Kyle and Braden's and then over to Lindsey and Scarlett's. Kyle and Lindsey both seemed much better by late in the da ...

2009-10-31T21:36:08Z

Art Hill
November 1, 2009 Halloween We got to see all four grandkids by going to Kyle and Braden's and then over to Lindsey and Scarlett's. Kyle and Lindsey both seemed much better by late in the da ...

October 31, 2009 Happy Halloween My daughter and granddaughters have been hard a work on jack-o-lanterns. Our whole family was supposed to get together last night so I could get pictures of ...

2009-10-31T00:19:37Z

Art Hill
October 31, 2009 Happy Halloween My daughter and granddaughters have been hard a work on jack-o-lanterns. Our whole family was supposed to get together last night so I could get pictures of ...

October 30, 2009 Scarlett I watched Scarlett at her house while her Mom took Lindsey to her preschool Halloween party. I shot a short video of Scarlett and put it on the laptop for her to se ...

2009-10-30T00:40:05Z

Art Hill
October 30, 2009 Scarlett I watched Scarlett at her house while her Mom took Lindsey to her preschool Halloween party. I shot a short video of Scarlett and put it on the laptop for her to se ...

October 29, 2009 Twins We took Kyle and Lindsey to a little nature center in Oak Brook. It was a gloomy day with no sun so the only thing I got worth posting was this reflection of the buil ...

2009-10-28T21:31:45Z

Art Hill
October 29, 2009 Twins We took Kyle and Lindsey to a little nature center in Oak Brook. It was a gloomy day with no sun so the only thing I got worth posting was this reflection of the buil ...

October 28 2009 This is why they call it Fall Of course the classic fall shots show the trees in all their glory. Sometimes though, even the leaves on the ground make a pretty scene. This ...

2009-10-27T22:23:33Z

Art Hill
October 28 2009 This is why they call it Fall Of course the classic fall shots show the trees in all their glory. Sometimes though, even the leaves on the ground make a pretty scene. This ...

October 27, 2009 War Rooms Miserable weather yesterday so I didn't even pick up the camera. Thought I would share some of the experience at the War Rooms we visited in London Top left ...

2009-10-27T08:16:20Z

Art Hill
October 27, 2009 War Rooms Miserable weather yesterday so I didn't even pick up the camera. Thought I would share some of the experience at the War Rooms we visited in London Top left ...

October 26, 2009 Scarlett The kids grew their own pumpkins in the backyard. These two are Scarlett's and she's pretty proud of them.

2009-10-25T22:00:50Z

Art Hill
October 26, 2009 Scarlett The kids grew their own pumpkins in the backyard. These two are Scarlett's and she's pretty proud of them.

October 25, 2009 Our street We finally got some sunshine yesterday afternoon after a pretty miserable couple of days. I just grabbed this shot through the windshield as we turned on to our ...

2009-10-24T22:00:07Z

Art Hill
October 25, 2009 Our street We finally got some sunshine yesterday afternoon after a pretty miserable couple of days. I just grabbed this shot through the windshield as we turned on to our ...

October 24, 2009 London nourishment I've got nothing from yesterday to post. It's raining and miserable. I went back to my London pictures to show you some of what we ate while we were ther ...

2009-11-12T16:29:53Z

Art Hill
October 24, 2009 London nourishment I've got nothing from yesterday to post. It's raining and miserable. I went back to my London pictures to show you some of what we ate while we were ther ...

October 23, 2009 Bridge Opening - Chicago River In yesterday's post the Wabash bridge is raised. After it closed I ran over there and took this shot of the State Street bridge after the sai ...

2009-11-12T16:29:53Z

Art Hill
October 23, 2009 Bridge Opening - Chicago River In yesterday's post the Wabash bridge is raised. After it closed I ran over there and took this shot of the State Street bridge after the sai ...

October 22, 2009 Raised bridge on the Chicago River I was so excited yesterday to see this. They only open the bridges at 10:00 on Wednesdays and Saturdays, only for a few weeks in the Spr ...

2009-11-12T16:29:44Z

Art Hill
October 22, 2009 Raised bridge on the Chicago River I was so excited yesterday to see this. They only open the bridges at 10:00 on Wednesdays and Saturdays, only for a few weeks in the Spr ...

October 21. 2009 Lindsey Our 5 year old granddaughter. She's such a sweetheart.

2009-10-20T21:51:25Z

Art Hill
October 21. 2009 Lindsey Our 5 year old granddaughter. She's such a sweetheart.

October 20, 2009 Red We took a walk by Graue Mill and through the forest preserve. The best color though, was in the parking lot. :-)

2009-10-19T21:43:12Z

Art Hill
October 20, 2009 Red We took a walk by Graue Mill and through the forest preserve. The best color though, was in the parking lot. :-)

October 19, 2009 So many berries There must have been over a dozen robins in our tree by the front door. It was late so not much light and hard to get a good picture with a telephoto. Thi ...

2009-10-18T22:09:13Z

Art Hill
October 19, 2009 So many berries There must have been over a dozen robins in our tree by the front door. It was late so not much light and hard to get a good picture with a telephoto. Thi ...

October 18. 2009 Strange Bedfellows Alternate title - Be Careful What You Wish For Saw this sign in Geneva Illinois yesterday. I just thought it was an odd pair of businesses to occupy the ...

2009-10-18T00:08:18Z

Art Hill
October 18. 2009 Strange Bedfellows Alternate title - Be Careful What You Wish For Saw this sign in Geneva Illinois yesterday. I just thought it was an odd pair of businesses to occupy the ...

October 17, 2009 Lindsey's new purse She spent the afternoon at our house working on a couple of craft projects that she got for her birthday. This is the purse she made from one of the ki ...

2009-10-17T00:36:55Z

Art Hill
October 17, 2009 Lindsey's new purse She spent the afternoon at our house working on a couple of craft projects that she got for her birthday. This is the purse she made from one of the ki ...

October 16, 2009 Daley Plaza Fountain The Halloween Village won't be set up for another week but they have the fountain dyed orange.

2009-11-12T16:29:53Z

Art Hill
October 16, 2009 Daley Plaza Fountain The Halloween Village won't be set up for another week but they have the fountain dyed orange.

October 15, 2009 Dedicated to Rosemary Gallagher Our hearts are heavy today as our good friend Ro lost her long battle with breast cancer yesterday. I got the call from my buddy Mark whil ...

2009-10-14T22:30:28Z

Art Hill
October 15, 2009 Dedicated to Rosemary Gallagher Our hearts are heavy today as our good friend Ro lost her long battle with breast cancer yesterday. I got the call from my buddy Mark whil ...

October 13, 2009 Not so inviting This is a house on our block. Doesn't look as inviting as yesterday's post. Notice the "no candy" sign.

2009-10-13T22:14:56Z

Art Hill
October 13, 2009 Not so inviting This is a house on our block. Doesn't look as inviting as yesterday's post. Notice the "no candy" sign.

October 13, 2009 That's a lot of pumpkins We spent the day with our 5 year old grandson Kyle. He and my wife are looking at a house on La Grange Road near out library. They have about 100 ...

2009-10-12T21:32:41Z

Art Hill
October 13, 2009 That's a lot of pumpkins We spent the day with our 5 year old grandson Kyle. He and my wife are looking at a house on La Grange Road near out library. They have about 100 ...

October 12, 2009 You might not see these around here Just a few things that caught my eye as we travelled around London. None so interesting as to make a POD but one or two of these might b ...

2009-10-11T21:06:22Z

Art Hill
October 12, 2009 You might not see these around here Just a few things that caught my eye as we travelled around London. None so interesting as to make a POD but one or two of these might b ...

October 11, 2009 Lindsey's Birthday Bike Lindsey turns 5 today. Her party was yesterday and we gave her this bike. She was thrilled.

2009-10-10T21:53:46Z

Art Hill
October 11, 2009 Lindsey's Birthday Bike Lindsey turns 5 today. Her party was yesterday and we gave her this bike. She was thrilled.

October 10, 2009 Swans Later in the day after we mistook yesterday's white pelicans for swans we visited the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain next to Kensington Palace and found the real th ...

2009-10-09T21:56:38Z

Art Hill
October 10, 2009 Swans Later in the day after we mistook yesterday's white pelicans for swans we visited the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain next to Kensington Palace and found the real th ...

October 8, 2009 Pelican Squadron I just wanted to show you that buildings aren't the ONLY thing I photographed in London. On our way to Buckingham Palace we walked through St. James Park. ...

2009-10-09T02:38:56Z

Art Hill
October 8, 2009 Pelican Squadron I just wanted to show you that buildings aren't the ONLY thing I photographed in London. On our way to Buckingham Palace we walked through St. James Park. ...

October 8, 2009 St. Paul's Cathedral The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed the cathedral on this site. Architect Christopher Wren oversaw the construction of the present building from 1677 until ...

2009-10-07T21:59:12Z

Art Hill
October 8, 2009 St. Paul's Cathedral The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed the cathedral on this site. Architect Christopher Wren oversaw the construction of the present building from 1677 until ...

October 7, 2009 Westminster Abbey We attended church service at Westminster Abbey on Sunday. They did not allow pictures inside but you can see where we sat in the picture on this page. h ...

2009-10-06T21:45:30Z

Art Hill
October 7, 2009 Westminster Abbey We attended church service at Westminster Abbey on Sunday. They did not allow pictures inside but you can see where we sat in the picture on this page. h ...

October 6, 2009 Windsor Castle Windsor is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world and the Official Residence of Her Majesty The Queen. Its rich history spans almost 1000 years. ...

2009-10-05T17:50:55Z

Art Hill
October 6, 2009 Windsor Castle Windsor is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world and the Official Residence of Her Majesty The Queen. Its rich history spans almost 1000 years. ...

October 5, 2009 Traitors' Gate, Tower of London After we attended Sunday service at Westminster Cathedral we took a boat ride on the Thames from Westminster Pier to Tower Pier. I shot this ...

2009-10-04T18:03:26Z

Art Hill
October 5, 2009 Traitors' Gate, Tower of London After we attended Sunday service at Westminster Cathedral we took a boat ride on the Thames from Westminster Pier to Tower Pier. I shot this ...

October 4, 2009 War Cabinet Room This is where Winston Churchill and his Cabinet met underground to run World War II. It has been left just the way it was in 1945 when they stopped using i ...

2009-10-03T17:17:32Z

Art Hill
October 4, 2009 War Cabinet Room This is where Winston Churchill and his Cabinet met underground to run World War II. It has been left just the way it was in 1945 when they stopped using i ...

October 3, 2009 Trafalgar Square This is only a couple of blocks from our hotel so we seem to end up going through it everyday on our way to whereever we're going. Yesterday we did Covent ...

2009-10-02T19:32:11Z

Art Hill
October 3, 2009 Trafalgar Square This is only a couple of blocks from our hotel so we seem to end up going through it everyday on our way to whereever we're going. Yesterday we did Covent ...

October 2, 2009 The Old Curiosity Shop The building was built in 1527 and remarkably survived the Great Fire in 1666. It is the oldest shop in Central London. We had visited this shop 25 ...

2009-10-01T18:37:14Z

Art Hill
October 2, 2009 The Old Curiosity Shop The building was built in 1527 and remarkably survived the Great Fire in 1666. It is the oldest shop in Central London. We had visited this shop 25 ...

October 1, 2009 Harrods - London We visited St. James Park, Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace yesterday before heading for Harrods. It's hard to pick out one picture from a whole day ...

2009-09-30T18:17:24Z

Art Hill
October 1, 2009 Harrods - London We visited St. James Park, Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace yesterday before heading for Harrods. It's hard to pick out one picture from a whole day ...

September 30, 2009 Westminster Bridge Not very original but nothing says Britain to me like Big Ben and a double decker bus

2009-09-29T19:41:12Z

Art Hill
September 30, 2009 Westminster Bridge Not very original but nothing says Britain to me like Big Ben and a double decker bus

September 29, 2009 Greetings from Merry Olde England As promised I'm getting Tuesday's POD uploaded before falling into bed. We left Chicago at 4 PM Monday, arriving London at 6 AM Tuesday. ...

2009-09-29T07:38:45Z

Art Hill
September 29, 2009 Greetings from Merry Olde England As promised I'm getting Tuesday's POD uploaded before falling into bed. We left Chicago at 4 PM Monday, arriving London at 6 AM Tuesday. ...

September 28, 2009 Last Daisy Caught this in our backyard with the afternoon sun shining through. I won't be posting tomorrow morning as we're leaving this afternoon for a long plane rid ...

2009-09-27T21:13:28Z

Art Hill
September 28, 2009 Last Daisy Caught this in our backyard with the afternoon sun shining through. I won't be posting tomorrow morning as we're leaving this afternoon for a long plane rid ...

September 27, 2009 My Family We went to my niece's wedding. It's pretty rare for the six of us to get together without grandkids. Many of you have seen the grandkids so I thought I'd show ...

2009-09-26T21:42:01Z

Art Hill
September 27, 2009 My Family We went to my niece's wedding. It's pretty rare for the six of us to get together without grandkids. Many of you have seen the grandkids so I thought I'd show ...

September 26, 2009 Father and Bride My niece got married yesterday at Starved Rock State Park. I wasn't photographing the event so limited to whatever I could shoot from my seat. This is ...

2009-09-26T05:37:08Z

Art Hill
September 26, 2009 Father and Bride My niece got married yesterday at Starved Rock State Park. I wasn't photographing the event so limited to whatever I could shoot from my seat. This is ...

September 25, 2009 Ready for salad Every night this week, same salad, sliced tomatoes, mozarella and pesto sauce with basil from the plant on our deck. And each night we both remark again h ...

2009-09-24T21:38:27Z

Art Hill
September 25, 2009 Ready for salad Every night this week, same salad, sliced tomatoes, mozarella and pesto sauce with basil from the plant on our deck. And each night we both remark again h ...

September 24, 2009 Just having fun This is my grandaughter Lindsey. She and I went to the park yesterday afternoon and we were the only people there. Lindsey will turn 5 in a couple weeks ...

2009-11-12T14:56:15Z

Art Hill
September 24, 2009 Just having fun This is my grandaughter Lindsey. She and I went to the park yesterday afternoon and we were the only people there. Lindsey will turn 5 in a couple weeks ...

September 23, 2009 Water drops Thanks so much for yesterday's overwhelming response to several of my photos. Somehow my 9 month old photo announcing I had been laid off resurfaced. I want ...

2009-09-22T22:04:39Z

Art Hill
September 23, 2009 Water drops Thanks so much for yesterday's overwhelming response to several of my photos. Somehow my 9 month old photo announcing I had been laid off resurfaced. I want ...

September 22, 2009 Better Late Than Never We planted tomatoes this year for the first time. It seems they are late ripening. We ate our first one yesterday in this salad with basil that Ji ...

2009-09-21T21:50:22Z

Art Hill
September 22, 2009 Better Late Than Never We planted tomatoes this year for the first time. It seems they are late ripening. We ate our first one yesterday in this salad with basil that Ji ...

September 21, 2009 Pink Beauty In our pond. Thanks so much for the response to yesterday's flower and fish picture.

2009-09-20T21:21:28Z

Art Hill
September 21, 2009 Pink Beauty In our pond. Thanks so much for the response to yesterday's flower and fish picture.

September 20, 2009 Take Time to Smell the Flowers Sorry for another fish and flower picture but I just couldn't pass this one up.

2009-09-19T22:01:51Z

Art Hill
September 20, 2009 Take Time to Smell the Flowers Sorry for another fish and flower picture but I just couldn't pass this one up.

September 19, 2009 Water Lily and Fish Same water lily as yesterday, not as good a shot of the lily but I got the reflection and the fish. Have a great weekend.

2009-09-18T21:46:26Z

Art Hill
September 19, 2009 Water Lily and Fish Same water lily as yesterday, not as good a shot of the lily but I got the reflection and the fish. Have a great weekend.

September 18, 2009 Water Lily I was downtown most of the day yesterday and grabbed a couple of shots that I thought I might use for POD. To my surprise though, this water lily was still ope ...

2009-09-17T20:44:08Z

Art Hill
September 18, 2009 Water Lily I was downtown most of the day yesterday and grabbed a couple of shots that I thought I might use for POD. To my surprise though, this water lily was still ope ...

September 17, 2009 Lindsey and Scarlett enjoying our pond. We have these two little blue chairs on the deck. The kids always end up dragging them out by the pond. I posted this one http:/ ...

2009-09-16T21:16:32Z

Art Hill
September 17, 2009 Lindsey and Scarlett enjoying our pond. We have these two little blue chairs on the deck. The kids always end up dragging them out by the pond. I posted this one http:/ ...

September 16, 2009 Water Lily Same lily as yesterday but viewed from the side. I was really surprised yesterday to get comments on three old posts. They were from last October, November a ...

2009-09-15T22:03:45Z

Art Hill
September 16, 2009 Water Lily Same lily as yesterday but viewed from the side. I was really surprised yesterday to get comments on three old posts. They were from last October, November a ...

September 15, 2009 Just another water lily from our pond Didn't have much time to shoot yesterday so fell back to my old standby. The light was just right to get a nice shot of this one fro ...

2009-09-15T02:07:45Z

Art Hill
September 15, 2009 Just another water lily from our pond Didn't have much time to shoot yesterday so fell back to my old standby. The light was just right to get a nice shot of this one fro ...

September 14, 2009 Be careful Graue Mill, Oak Brook, Illinois

2009-09-13T21:40:43Z

Art Hill
September 14, 2009 Be careful Graue Mill, Oak Brook, Illinois

September 13, 2009 Reflection This variety of water lily is a challenge to shoot - in bright light it's easy to blow out the white. I also have a harder time getting a reflection shot with ...

2009-09-12T23:07:33Z

Art Hill
September 13, 2009 Reflection This variety of water lily is a challenge to shoot - in bright light it's easy to blow out the white. I also have a harder time getting a reflection shot with ...

September 12, 2009 Baby Blues My 2 1/2 year old granddaughter, Scarlett. Although my day had started with computer problems, spending the day with Scarlett and Lindsey turned it into a grea ...

2009-09-11T21:52:59Z

Art Hill
September 12, 2009 Baby Blues My 2 1/2 year old granddaughter, Scarlett. Although my day had started with computer problems, spending the day with Scarlett and Lindsey turned it into a grea ...

Sept 11, 2009 Red Hibiscus Didn't think I would be able to post this morning as my computer would not go on. Just got the message Reboot and Selelct Proper Boot Device. My first thought wa ...

2009-09-10T23:00:14Z

Art Hill
Sept 11, 2009 Red Hibiscus Didn't think I would be able to post this morning as my computer would not go on. Just got the message Reboot and Selelct Proper Boot Device. My first thought wa ...

September 10, 2009 Water Lily in Our Pond Closeup of one of the pink water lilies that you could barely see in the upper left of yesterday's post. Thanks to everybody for all the great comm ...

2009-09-09T21:33:08Z

Art Hill
September 10, 2009 Water Lily in Our Pond Closeup of one of the pink water lilies that you could barely see in the upper left of yesterday's post. Thanks to everybody for all the great comm ...

September 9, 2009 Monet Bonanza We haven't had any water lilies for quite some time now but I saw a few buds getting ready. I was thrilled yesterday to go out and find all five varieties in ...

2009-09-08T21:32:33Z

Art Hill
September 9, 2009 Monet Bonanza We haven't had any water lilies for quite some time now but I saw a few buds getting ready. I was thrilled yesterday to go out and find all five varieties in ...

September 8, 2009 Have a Nice Day We went to Cantigny a 500 acre park in Wheaton, Illinois http://www.cantigny.org/ This is in the Idea Garden. During the early 1930s, experimental far ...

2009-11-12T16:29:53Z

Art Hill
September 8, 2009 Have a Nice Day We went to Cantigny a 500 acre park in Wheaton, Illinois http://www.cantigny.org/ This is in the Idea Garden. During the early 1930s, experimental far ...

September 7, 2009 Windmill We took the Batavia Illinois riverwalk yesterday and learned that from the late 1800's until 1940 or so Batavia was known as the windmill capital of the world. In ...

2009-09-06T21:47:01Z

Art Hill
September 7, 2009 Windmill We took the Batavia Illinois riverwalk yesterday and learned that from the late 1800's until 1940 or so Batavia was known as the windmill capital of the world. In ...

September 6, 2009 Scarlett listening to a ghost story Lindsey and Scarlett came to our house for an impromptu sleepover. Grandma was telling them a ghost story. I liked sepia for this but ...

2009-09-05T22:17:40Z

Art Hill
September 6, 2009 Scarlett listening to a ghost story Lindsey and Scarlett came to our house for an impromptu sleepover. Grandma was telling them a ghost story. I liked sepia for this but ...

September 5, 2009 My sweet Lindsey There was a short piece on the Today show with tips on how to get good pictures of your family. None of it was really news to me but the photographer emph ...

2009-09-04T20:58:15Z

Art Hill
September 5, 2009 My sweet Lindsey There was a short piece on the Today show with tips on how to get good pictures of your family. None of it was really news to me but the photographer emph ...

September 4, 2009 His majesty, Joey From this position on the bannister he can monitor most of the first floor.

2009-09-03T21:41:53Z

Art Hill
September 4, 2009 His majesty, Joey From this position on the bannister he can monitor most of the first floor.

September 3, 2009 Catching the sun There's a sunflower plant growing in the corner of an old gas station nearby. I pass it all the time in the car and always think I should come back to sh ...

2009-09-02T22:01:25Z

Art Hill
September 3, 2009 Catching the sun There's a sunflower plant growing in the corner of an old gas station nearby. I pass it all the time in the car and always think I should come back to sh ...

September 2, 2009 Ready for takeoff Nobody likes flies and I rarely shoot them but this guy was in my way for a shot of this petunia :-) I got my laptop back yesterday - they had promised ...

2009-09-01T22:30:04Z

Art Hill
September 2, 2009 Ready for takeoff Nobody likes flies and I rarely shoot them but this guy was in my way for a shot of this petunia :-) I got my laptop back yesterday - they had promised ...

September 1, 2009 Late Bloomer We were so surprised yesterday to spot this single clematis bloom in our yard. We thought the clematis were done for the season. You never know.

2009-08-31T21:14:05Z

Art Hill
September 1, 2009 Late Bloomer We were so surprised yesterday to spot this single clematis bloom in our yard. We thought the clematis were done for the season. You never know.

August 31, 2009 Hibiscus up close Didn't have anything I liked for the POD so just now went out on the deck with the 60mm macro to get this. Tough to do hand held macro work. Have a great ...

2009-08-30T23:26:32Z

Art Hill
August 31, 2009 Hibiscus up close Didn't have anything I liked for the POD so just now went out on the deck with the 60mm macro to get this. Tough to do hand held macro work. Have a great ...

August 30, 2009 Pink Late posting today. We watched my grandsons overnight. Took them back to their house this morning and went out into the backyard. My daughter has a rose bush back th ...

2009-08-30T04:56:42Z

Art Hill
August 30, 2009 Pink Late posting today. We watched my grandsons overnight. Took them back to their house this morning and went out into the backyard. My daughter has a rose bush back th ...

August 29. 2009 Daisy Haven't had any water lilies bloom lately so I'm left with daisies and hibiscus. http://arthill.smugmug.com/Photography/August-2009/9129542_ugQbA/1/#632635969_x4yzY-A ...

2009-08-28T21:11:35Z

Art Hill
August 29. 2009 Daisy Haven't had any water lilies bloom lately so I'm left with daisies and hibiscus. http://arthill.smugmug.com/Photography/August-2009/9129542_ugQbA/1/#632635969_x4yzY-A ...

August 28, 2009 Cubs game We were happy that the game took place. We had heavy rain all morning and figured the game would be rained out. The rain stopped just before game time and started ...

2009-08-27T21:13:42Z

Art Hill
August 28, 2009 Cubs game We were happy that the game took place. We had heavy rain all morning and figured the game would be rained out. The rain stopped just before game time and started ...

August 27, 2009 Giddy-up My four grandkids, Braden, Kyle, Lindsey and Scarlett. We went to the Dutch Village in Holland Michigan. Please check out yesterday's post http://arthill.smugmu ...

2009-08-26T21:11:10Z

Art Hill
August 27, 2009 Giddy-up My four grandkids, Braden, Kyle, Lindsey and Scarlett. We went to the Dutch Village in Holland Michigan. Please check out yesterday's post http://arthill.smugmu ...

August 26, 2009 I am not a warlock In olden times in Holland you officially weighed and if your weight was less than what it looked like you should weigh then it was assumed that you had ho ...

2009-08-26T08:05:58Z

Art Hill
August 26, 2009 I am not a warlock In olden times in Holland you officially weighed and if your weight was less than what it looked like you should weigh then it was assumed that you had ho ...

August 25, 2009 Rose We're in Saugatuck Michigan. My laptop overheats and shuts down after about 10 minutes so may not even be able to post tomorrow morning.

2009-08-24T23:15:29Z

Art Hill
August 25, 2009 Rose We're in Saugatuck Michigan. My laptop overheats and shuts down after about 10 minutes so may not even be able to post tomorrow morning.

August 24, 2009 Joey We never know where we're going to find him. We'll be out of town for a few days and I'll not be online much. Have a great week.

2009-11-12T16:21:06Z

Art Hill
August 24, 2009 Joey We never know where we're going to find him. We'll be out of town for a few days and I'll not be online much. Have a great week.

August 23, 2009 You say to-mah-toe, I say to-may-toe We have a set of cards that have detailed instructions for 50 walks around Chicago. Yesterday we took three of them - Gold Coast, Old T ...

2009-08-22T22:20:20Z

Art Hill
August 23, 2009 You say to-mah-toe, I say to-may-toe We have a set of cards that have detailed instructions for 50 walks around Chicago. Yesterday we took three of them - Gold Coast, Old T ...

August 22, 2009 Our backyard I've shown you the pond and a view from up near the house. I just wanted to sort of complete the "tour" by shooting something back toward the house. I'm stand ...

2009-08-21T23:43:21Z

Art Hill
August 22, 2009 Our backyard I've shown you the pond and a view from up near the house. I just wanted to sort of complete the "tour" by shooting something back toward the house. I'm stand ...

August 21, 2009 Just starting and finished product I took two days off from posting water lilies but here I go again :-) I like this one because is shows the unopened bud and the full bloo ...

2009-08-20T21:35:37Z

Art Hill
August 21, 2009 Just starting and finished product I took two days off from posting water lilies but here I go again :-) I like this one because is shows the unopened bud and the full bloo ...

August 20, 2009 Our pond Got a new camera body yesterday so just went out into the backyard to shoot a few pictures. I got the Canon T1i which I'm happy about but most of my software does n ...

2009-08-19T21:58:41Z

Art Hill
August 20, 2009 Our pond Got a new camera body yesterday so just went out into the backyard to shoot a few pictures. I got the Canon T1i which I'm happy about but most of my software does n ...

August 19, 2009 Morton Arboretum We took our grandson Kyle to the Morton Arboretum yesterday. We had lunch at the Visitor Center and I shot this 3 image pano from next to our table. It was ...

2009-08-18T21:22:31Z

Art Hill
August 19, 2009 Morton Arboretum We took our grandson Kyle to the Morton Arboretum yesterday. We had lunch at the Visitor Center and I shot this 3 image pano from next to our table. It was ...