Category Archives: Sky

Day 246: En route

Some teammates and I left early this morning for a tournament in Waukegan, IL. The sun was rising as we drove north and we passed a wind farm under construction:

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Day 245: Shopping sunset

There was a nice sunset on our way “up North” to do some clothes shopping

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Day 238: Picnic visitor and view

Today was my department’s annual fall picnic.  My group was in charge of organizing the picnic, so we got to the site early to set up.  This pup lives about 0.25 miles away, but spent the entire afternoon at the … Continue reading

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Day 236: Sky

Another lovely Illinois sun/sky/clouds photo:

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Day 235: Park and sunset

Sadly I did not have my fancy camera for this shot, so it is less than stellar.  The sun was really beautiful on my dog walk this evening:

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Day 228: Nantucket sunset

It was raining this evening and we weren’t sure if there was going to be a nice sunset. It seemed unlikely when we returned home from dinner to very cloudy skies. Luckily, the clouds started breaking as the sun was … Continue reading

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Day 227: Nantucket Sky

Nantucket is famous (at least in our family) for its awesome skies.  We call them “Illya Skies” after our favorite artist, Illya Kagan.

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Day 223: Wing in sunset

Today I flew from Bloomington to Minneapolis to Seattle.  The sun was setting as we flew over Montana-ish.

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Day 218: Sunset

An advantage of taking regular evening dog walks is that we often get to see some pretty gorgeous Illinois sunsets:

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Day 207: Silhouette

Before I cropped it, this photo actually showed a cool cloud formation… but I decided I liked the silhouetted leaves better.

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Day 206: Air Balloons

Two hot air balloons flew over our house today! I *really* like hot air balloons and told Seth that for my 30th birthday I want to take a hot air balloon ride in the Finger Lakes. I’m making this public … Continue reading

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Day 197: Nature

Saw this crazy guy on my flowers today: And this lovely sky at the dog park:

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Day 191: Clearwater sunset

As part of the conference, we headed to Clearwater beach for a sunset dinner.  So pretty:

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Day 190: Tampa storm

I am in Tampa for a few days for the Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP) Conference.  On the shuttle from the airport to the hotel, I could see a storm in the distance:

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Day 185: Lots of images to share

First, my sister got a ringer: Then, there was this really cool, old tractor on the vacation house property: And then, we got to see the rescheduled fireworks! As a human, I love fireworks: As an air quality engineer… not … Continue reading

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Day 184: Fireworks foiled

These storm clouds started rolling in about 30 minutes before the fireworks in Nashville, IN were set to go off– we hightailed it out of there before the storm came, though.

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Day 179: Streaming sun

A lovely view on another dog walk:

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Day 166: Storm front

On the bus ride home:

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Day 156: Wedding barn (part 3)

The view of the barn from the road. Imagine what this would look like in autumn with all the changing leaves!

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Day 153: Sunrise

Seth and I had to leave before the crack of dawn this morning to catch a flight to upstate NY. The sunrise as we were getting close to the airport was beautiful:

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