Magick

Imagination + Willpower

My Beautiful Buttercup

Danialle nervously poses for me during a photowalk through the West Loop several weeks ago

Cola

It’s Official: Pregnant!

Danialle just received the results from her blood test taken yesterday. Holy shit! We first found out Friday (4th of July!) morning when Danialle took a pregnancy test. So, 5 pregnancy tests and a blood test later, the officical verdict is POSITIVE.

We have been together for 12 years (married for 10 years), I figure it’s a good time to start spawning. Ha ha!

My mom would be soooo happy right now.

Fireworks

Danialle and I traveled to Indiana last weekend to celebrate our Day of Independence (last day?*) with family and fireworks. Danialle’s cousin hosted a 4th of July party for the family. It wouldn’t be right to celebrate such a glorious American occasion without objects that explode with burning colors and ear-ringings sounds, so a handful of the guys went in pursuit of fireworks before sunset - $300 dollars worth. It was a blast! Ha ha! No fingers or eyes were lost, but a couple of burns and blisters were suffered.

The image below is a box of aerial shells that are launched into the sky via mortar. Very cool!

*Danialle and I found out some very exciting news Friday morning before leaving for Indiana. I’m going to keep it hush-hush until it is declared official. Stay tuned for the scoop!

At The Gate

Close-up of Getty mausoleum gate. Graceland Cemetery
Chicago, Illinois

Watchful

A triptych of painted eyes taken from an exterior building mural (Helio Mural Project) by Anthony Lewellenin, in Wicker Park (N. Milwaukee Ave & Wood St.) - Chicago, Illinois.

Click here to view the entire painting and a time lapse video.

Bearing The Cross

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ - Chicago, Illinois

Complementary

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ - Chicago, Illinois

Time Out For A Picnic

Danialle and I met-up with a photographer sent by Time Out Chicago magazine at Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum on Sunday to shoot some images of us for an upcoming article about our Chicago Cemetery Tour. We started the shoot in front of John G. Shedd’s family crypt, in the heart of the mausoleum, and then went outside to do some corny walking through the cemetery shots. It was strange to be on the other side of the glass, but totally a blast.

(photo by Danialle Foy)

Later that day, we went to Graceland Cemetery with some friends and family for a picnic on Chicago architect Daniel Burnham’s island gravesite. After the picnic, we all took a stroll around the cemetery lake to view the monuments that surround its parameter.

My nephew put some miles on his feet, running erratically throughout the graveyard with his magic wand (a stick). The image below is of him visiting the grave of William Kimball, founder of the Kimball Piano and Organ Company.