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US Navy Blue Angels flyover Chicago to honor first responders, May 12, 2020

Sixty Days of Quarantine

If you are following me on Facebook, chances are, you probably had a chance to view my “Your Social Distancing Photo of the Day” feature in the last two months. I retired that feature and here are the 60 photos that were in that collection – my interpretation of social distancing as expressed in my photography.

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Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL

Throwback: ChiFlickr Maxwell St. Photowalk, April 23, 2006

Exactly 16 years ago today, I participated in a ChiFlickr photowalk at Maxwell St. Market when it was still on Canal Street about two blocks east of its present location on Desplaines. (It also seems like today’s market when it was open is a shadow of its former selves – I believe it had moved to various locations.)

The walk was held by the ChiFlickr group on flickr.com. It used to be a very…

Throwback: Among the Greenery

Chicago Botanic Garden, May 2006

The Groin @ Hollywood Beach, Chicago

Long before “Social Distancing” has become a buzz phrase, I’ve been taking photos of people practicing social distancing. Here’s a retrospective I have collected since social distancing myself, that is, digging deep into my more than 2 terabytes (!) of mostly crappy pictures taken digitally over the years … not to mention the boxes and boxes of prints too.

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Hollywood Beach, Chicago

Biker on a rainy day at the 606 Bloomington Trail, Chicago

Gossamer Wings – A Retrospective Walk At the Judy Istock Butterfly Haven

One of the best ways to get a respite from your busy life is to sit down in a corner of the Judy Istock Butterfly Haven at Chicago’s Nature Museum and watch these beautiful insects flutter by. It is so relaxing and mesmerizing. Some will even attempt to land on you.

They are closed right now because of COVID-19 but they will be opening soon. Meanwhile, have a little stroll through these…

Where’s Lightfoot Meme

Created two contributions to Chicago Stay Home Where’s Lightfoot Meme

In normal times, I would be out there at this place photographing. But in these uncertain times, I’m on my bed, editing past work.

Please have a look at chicagoexpat.com to see what I have been working on. You might see the front page change every hour as I add more edited pictures.

Thanks.

Found these old files (ca 2001) of a visit to New York City just after George Harrison died. We were fortunate enough to stray toward Strawberry Fields in Central Park to witness a gathering paying tribute to the beloved Beatles.

Strawberry Fields is an area of Central Park dedicated to the memory of former Beatles member John Lennon. It is named after the Beatles’ song “Strawberry Fields…