Death Becomes Her

Having a husband that is just as kooky as I am sure works in my favor.  We don’t bat an eye when one of us suggests spending every single Saturday and Sunday mornings at the crack of dawn driving all over Cook County to visit graveyards and mausoleums.  Thank goodness too.

I have some upcoming events I’m very excited about too!  My father has entered his old dump truck in a car show in Indianapolis, IN so I will be photographing that weekend complete with pin-up girls, hot rods, and rockabilly bands!  I have also been granted pass to the Air Guitar Championship in June as well!!

Nothing I like more* than rocking out, old muscle cars and photographing so check back soon!!  (*also includes: good food, traveling, dinner parties with friends, floating in a river, wine and stinky cheese.)

Cemetery Travels

My very talented husband and I have taken it upon ourselves to see every single cemetery in the Chicagoland and suburb area this year! So far we are up to almost all of the ones on the north side, and usually try to hit up at least 2 every weekend. I’m constantly adding new pictures in Flickr, so check there for updates!

We got the idea when I picked up Matt Hauke and Ursula Bielski’s book “Graveyards of Chicago” at the library. He is also the owner of Graveyards.com. However, we thought we’d take a closer look at some of the details in the monuments and learn more about photography in the process. It is now our obsession (and not to mention, a very peaceful and quiet escape from the noisy city every Sunday)!

I hope you enjoy!

As always, check out the full Cemetery Set in Flickr! (Updated every Sunday.)

Heaven

As a gift, I took first birthday portraits of my cousin’s little girl, Heaven, this weekend before her big party. She was such a good model! Although she was wayyyy more interested in the park than posing.

As always, more in Flickr.