Selika, Alex, Ricky and I set out for some apple picking fun in Hobart, Indiana! Thanks to my Indiana friends for recommending the County Line Orchard! We loved it! Still plenty of apples to pick (although Honeycrisp was gone) lots of pumpkins and some really amazing corn mazes! It's a big farm and the barn is chalked full of yummy goodness! It was the most beautiful Fall day - couldn't have ordered up anything better - really!
saturday stroll
My plans for the day got postponed due to rain this afternoon, so instead I got up and walked over to Hewn for a new loaf of aged cheddar bread and a brioche french toast! I love morning walks around in my neighborhood, it's so peaceful, and I should really do it more. After my treats, a cuppa tea and reading up on some legendary college basketball from my beloved KU, while sitting on the balcony watching the clouds roll in. 
bastille by pompeii
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10 on 10 { oct 2013 }
I remembered to do my 10 on 10 for the challenge today. AND since I was out and about, you get to see what a travel workday looks like for me. No two are alike, and today was quite the mix! That said ... I failed to see that there was a theme for this month ... sorry no pumpkin spice today. :( Phoned in from Columbia, SC.
[1] photo of the state house in hotel room [2] room service [3] caffeine [4] reviewing signs - and not liking them [5] walking the hospital floor-by-floor [6] skipped lunch and stopped into the Carolina Museum of Art to see the Annie Leibovitz exhibit (no photos allowed) and zipped through the rest of the galleries - loved these two coming from the ground [7] back to the job site to walk all exterior signs with the guys [8] obligatory palmetto tree [9] recharging [10] rockers at the airport - love the south [11] bonus photo of lake murray from the sky
moody skies
I got another row to myself on the plane tonight! Snapped a few photos as the sun was going down - loved the colors - almost a rainbow at the horizon. When I was playing with presets in VSCOcam, I went black and white and love how soft the horizon looks that way... what a difference! 
sweater weather
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millennium park
I started my staycation with a walk through the Lurie Garden in Millennium Park - had never actually walked through the garden before. It's simply lovely and in the height of summer, when everything is in bloom, I bet it's a real stunner! It's so interesting to be surrounded by these prairie grasses, wildflowers and tall trees and then just over the top of them are these huge skyscrapers. Wonderful balance! 
magdaline
I have always loved the Magdaline sculpture along Congress Pkwy and Michigan Ave. During my staycation I walked down to finally snap a few photographs of her. I was about 20 min late or she would have been bathed by the sun, but I am still pretty happy with how these came out. Next stop is to see her sister sculptures on Northernly Island.
Sculptor: Dessa Kirk
bulb fest
I drove up to the Botanic Garden today with my friend Marcey to check out blub fest. It was the most beautiful Fall day for wandering the gardens. They have loads of mums in yellows and oranges and strategically placed gourds here and there, a hay bale maze and gourd tower. It was lovely.
First tip - if you want bulbs (which I didn't - no yard to put them in) go on Friday or early Saturday or pre-order. They were very picked over today. Second tip - don't expect very many vendors for fun fall goodies. I picked up a couple of mini loaves of peanut butter cookie bread (yep, yum!) and some homemade marshmallows. Marcey picked up some veggies and that was about it ... But it was the most perfect day to be out and about. Perfectly Fall! 
Rain drops keep fallin
Got caught in a crazy rain storm today. Had to snap a few shots while stopped. I just love water droplets in photos. And a bonus lightening strike!! What are the odds that I would catch that?
