The nice thing about February in Chicago is that it’s really easy to catch sunrise and sunset- at about 7 am and 5pm, these are times when one can be up or heads up from work and noticing these things! Here’s a nice sunset in the park. Then, sacrificing much…

Very excited to post beach photos now, and I’m including coastlines even if I didn’t swim there. Sounds like this librarian is comfortable establishing category rules then ignoring them! In date visited order, not much can top a Christmas Day swim at maroubra beach! Lifeguards in Santa hats and perfect…

On to describe swims I had in the rock pools category! A couple of things to note: kudos to the writers of Ocean Pools. (Thanks to Colette for sharing this link, very much wish I could see the exhibit at Clovelly!) I’m already finding that it’s tricky to sort through…

The Carpe swim club met today for a winter swim at the Hotel Intercontintal on Michigan Avenue. The Fitness Center floor there is really lovely, and we were able to swim laps and do a bit of hanging out in the “junior olympic” sized pool. And afterwards we had some…

Friday morning we got a glimpse that the sun is still out there! Then got some more snow. It hasn’t snowed much this winter, with just a barely 2 inches by the end of today. The park was very pretty with a lot of soft gray in the sky and…

Last week we saw an art exhibit called Exact Dutch Yellow at the cultural center – twice! The second time was during a musical performance by two cellists. The show explored color as shown through light and also pigments, and it also referenced some historical documents on how to describe…

We caught some rare sunshine today on a lunch walk. And the lagoon was part ice and part water, making some interesting lines and patterns.

One of the highlights of our recent trip to Sydney (besides sun, sea and Rory!) was visiting some of the new art museums in the city, and others that we’re new to us! There were so many really fun exhibitions, I hope these photos do them justice! The first was…

As part of our trip to Australia, myself and Colman had an opportunity to go hiking in the Snowy Mountains, camping overnight along the way. Despite being quiet warm, there was a surprising amount of snow still on the trails, making for some very slippy sections, but it did a…

Halloween decorations are in full swing around here! A house near us has 4 skeletons and they set them up in a different vignette every few days (maybe even every day! It changes very frequently). Although there are some rumblings about the weather cooling off, it’s really been very pleasant.…