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Lookin' good, smooth sumac! #sumac #rhus #fall #plants #nativeplants #fallcolors🍁🍂 #nature #ecology #illinois #rhusglabra #seeds #red #trees #nativetrees #forestedge #hiking #outdoors #anacardiaceae #cashewfamily #midwest #allertonpark #plantid

Discovered the Schroth Trail at #allertonpark today -first time there so I took the shortcut to make a nice 2 mile #trailrun. The full red trail is 3 miles -I can’t wait to go back and do the whole thing. I love running on colder, late fall days like this. (at Allerton Park and Retreat Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWyOLpGLlzK/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Took some photos of the peonies gardens over in Allerton Park yesterday. Timing was pretty good to catch most of them in full bloom. #allertonpark #peonies #garden #flowers #walking #bloom (at Allerton Park and Retreat Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA6PxwWglA4/?igshid=1uo6q3r1t3nbu

Sunset at Allerton Park. #sunset #allertonpark #hiking #outdoors #sphinx #art #statue (at Allerton Park and Retreat Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8FXdYYgM3r/?igshid=itrcaxueocqm

Perfect weather for a day hike. #allertonpark #sunsinger #hike (at Allerton Park and Retreat Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4I1MtzgcoS/?igshid=5ybx70w4b3e8

On this Solstice, especially, when the sun has lived its fullest, when the earth (at least the northern hemisphere) is at the top of its breath, and as it starts the long breath out, I pray that what I have learned in the expansion I can use in the contraction, I pray that what I have taken in, gathered, percolated, I can now use as knowledge, as ground for stability and strength. I pray that we can gather all our resources to help ourselves and those in need around us. . This is Apollo the god of sun, music, poetry, and civilization, greeting the morning sun (here the afternoon sun is behind). At his feet on the base are the nine muses “Euterpe, the muse of music and lyric poetry; Polyhymnia, oratory and sacred poetry; Urania, astronomy; Clio, history; Thalia, comedy; Melpomene, tragedy; Terpsichore, dance and choral song; Erato, love poetry; and Calliope, epic poetry.” All the muses are there to witness the sun, to bless the earth with their art. I’m reminded of the cycles of things, of us, and how fleeting all this life is. That we must do what we can now. According to the Allerton Park website Carl Milles the sculptor wrote about the fitness of placing this statue alone in a large meadow, “I hope this bronze will stay there in that way till the last man has gone-when the earth is as dead as the moon-and still this is there. Such a dream!” . . The Sun Singer (1926), Carl Milles Allerton Park, Monticello, Ill. May 2006 Zero 2000 Pinhole, Fuji Acros 100 . . . #allertonpark #centralillinois #zeroimage #zeroimage2000 #pinholecamera #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #120film #blancetnoir #blackandwhitefilm #fujiacros #onfilm #sheshootsfilm #shootitwithfilm #onfilmdiary #photofilmy #analogclub #analogueforever #analoguepeople #filmphotomag #photo_collective #dreamermagazine #beginmag #explorerdiary #forevermagazine #portlandphotography #femalephotographers #thefemaleframe #ffsubmissions (at Allerton Park and Retreat Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzFYftCh8j3/?igshid=14zf0ymmajwoq

On a trip I took to see my mom back in 2006 when she lived 2,000 miles away in central Illinois, and we adventured around the state.💗 . . . Sphinx (1900), John Joseph Borie Allerton Gardens, Monticello, Illinois Holga 120S, Fuji Pro 160C . . . #sphinx #stonesculpture #allertonpark #holga #holga120 #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #120film #6x45 #fujipro160c #onfilm #sheshootsfilm #shootitwithfilm #onfilmdiary #heylomography #theanalogclub #analogueforever #analoguepeople #photofilmy #filmphotomag #thefilmgang #photo_collective #dreamermagazine #beginmag #explorerdiary #forevermagazine #femalephotographers #thefemaleframe (at Allerton Park and Retreat Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxZ6XJpBYtv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1elgtepte593x