Exclamation point

May 26, 2016 (147/366)

“Hundreds of butterflies flitted in and out of sight  like short-lived punctuation marks in a stream of consciousness...” - Haruki Murakami. Just an exclamation mark from my 3rd annual field trip to the Milwaukee Public Museum. More butterfly photos in May 2015 and 2014.

Fuzzy

May 24, 2016 (145/366)

"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept." Ansel Adams

[Does anyone know what these pink fuzzy flower are?]

Wright Plus 2016

May 22, 2016 (143/366) "Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age." - Frank Lloyd Wright

William E. Drummond House, 1910 (my favorite), 559 Edgewood Place River Forest 

The Isabel Roberts House next door to Drummond (Frank Lloyd Wright 1908) - wasn't open this time

Next to the Drummond House (also designed by Drummond & Guenzel)

Charles J. Barr House (1912 - Drummond & Guenzel), 7234 Quick Ave. River Forest

A very early FLW commission

Winslow House (1894 - FLW's first private commission), 515 Auvergne Place, River Forest

River Forest Women's Club, 526 N. Ashland Ave. (now a private residence)

(Drummond & Guenzel 1913)

First Methodist Episcopal Church (1913), Drummond & Guenzel, 7970 Lake Street, River Forest

Windows representing Communion

What a shame that they replaced the original art glass with these stained glass windows in the 1960's!

FLW Home & Studio (1889) 951 Chicago Ave. Oak Park