The first half-dozen photographs were taken on a trip to the Netherlands in the summer of 2004, and the remaining handful are from the Chicago area last October and November. |
The first half-dozen photographs were taken on a trip to the Netherlands in the summer of 2004, and the remaining handful are from the Chicago area last October and November. |
Hortus Botanicus, Leiden
The Japanese Garden
Correct large image URL here. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Hortus Botanicus, Leiden
Foxgloves (?)
Yes. Foxgloves aka digitalis. They grow wild out here in Puget Land too and can reach 8′ in height! Beautiful picture.
Hortus Botanicus, Leiden
An armillary sphere
Shipping Meseum, Amsterdam
The sail loft
The c. 19-foot Flying Dutchman in the rear, long an Olympic 2-man boat, a light planing boat with a trapeze to hang the crew completely outboard of the railing for more effective ballast.
Next nearer is the 13 foot FJ–Flying Dutchman Jr.–originally a trainer for the FD. It was everywhere in the 60’s and 70’s among college teams, summer camps & yacht club training programs etc. I can’t begin to count the hours I’ve spent in the FJ, rigging FJ’s, repairing FJ’s, and rescuing capsized FJ’s!
Great diary!
Run, do not walk, to the Shipping Museum in Amsterdam. I spent 6 hours there. This was only 1/2 of the sailboat loft — and both ends held cases full of various trophies.
Thanks for your comments: praise from the Master!
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
In the garden. I call this one, “Rijksleeuw”.
Amsterdam
A private garden.
Oak Park, IL
Fall foliage in gold.
This is my only image of Oak Park. I have friends and family who live there, yet when they send me pics it’s always of golden leaves. I’ve never seen a pic of a building in the whole city. Makes me think the entire city is made of gold and no one wants anyone else to know.
With the Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio being the prime attraction, along with all the FLW-built homes in the neighborhood, I’m really surprised you haven’t seen any structures! I’ll try to find some buildings for you, scattered about the hard drive.
Oak Park, IL
This is one of the FLW-designed houses; it has a name which I can’t recall. The current residents had decked it out for Halloween. I can’t imagine how much one of these houses — all registered historic places, probably — would sell for!
I have a FLW book! I can’t believe I never put two and two together! I’m flipping through it and there are 6 photos of homes in Oak Park. I take back everything I said. I am steaming though since NONE of my friends and family mentioned that they lived near FLW homes and they know how much I like the style. Meanies.
I LOVE backlighting plant material. I did some photography work for the Department of Horticulture at a BIG TEN University a few years back. This is spectacular! Great photo.
Best of all, shots like this are so easy. Lean back, focus, snap. In fact, that’s probably why I enjoy shooting flora so much: it’s hard to take a photo that’s not beautiful in some way. (I can’t begin to match the glory of olivia’s photos, tho.)
Oak Park, IL
Fall foliage in red.
my Ohio homesick fall views.
“You don’t need to be a nucular scientist to know how to prounounce FOIL-age!!” –Marge Simpson
When I commented on the previous photo, I hadn’t seen this one. Acer rubrum in all its glory! Wonderful!
Morton Arboretum, IL
Stump & fallen leaves.
Isn’t it funny how that light green leaf in the foreground makes all the difference? Good eye, BroFs. I’m loving your photos. Thanks for them and most of all for all the work you’ve put in to make this fair possible.
Chicago Botanical Gardens
An early winter rose.
These pictures are absolutely beautiful. Fall happens to be my favorite time of year and botanical gardens seem to be the hidden treasures of huge cities. Thanks for this!
Larger version is here.
The perfect horticultural photo of roses…full blossoms, buds, hips and exquisite depth of field. May I make a copy of it? Truly lovely!
Sure! The link above leads to an 800x600px copy. I can email you a larger version if you’d like. Thank you so much for the compliments!
May I ask ….are you from Illinois by some chance? Northern IL is a very lovely place in the fall. Also places around Peroia are simply breathetaking too. called the Heights
My father lives out there, in one of the inner western suburbs. I visit a couple times a year, for Thanksgiving at least; hence the autumn pics. I’d move there in a flash, preferring a Chicago winter to a DC summer.
It’d probably be helpful if I remembered to login under my own account before replying to a post in my own diary. Duh.
I was in Chicago 10 years ago for a conference, and a colleague & I visited a state park, way to the west of the city, that had these large earthen sculptures in the shapes of animals. These scuptures were huge: you could walk upon them. The artist was trying to recreate or pay homage to Native American animal totems, IIRC. I wish I could remember exactly where it was, what’s it’s called, and even if it’s still there. There were concerns about these sculptures not lasting very long, I think.
I like the FLW house. I imagine he would have liked the decorators touch.