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It’s that time again!  My 2nd annual Photography show is coming up! It is December 1-31 at the Oak Lawn Public Library.

I am not having a fancy opening shindig this year, but I will be there on December 3 from 3-5, if anyone would like to stop by and visit!

Please contact me if you have any questions, and I hope to see you then!

Last week we attended an educational seminar on wolf conservation at Brookfield Zoo. After, we got to go behind the scenes at the wolf exhibit to see the large pack of Mexican Grey Wolves. When conservation efforts began for this species back in the early 70′s, there were only 7 animals in the wild! Through conservation efforts, there are now more than 50 in the wild, and many more in zoos around the country.

We also visited the penguin house, which we have somehow missed in all our other trips to Brookfield Zoo.

Oak Lawn unveiled it’s 9-11 First Responders Memorial this year. It uses girders taken from the remains of the World Trade Center. It is a very powerful piece.

Here are some recent zoo pictures:

Here is the last gallery of Alaska cruise images. These were all taken during our last evening on the water:

Here are more pictures from our Alaskan cruise. In Ketchikan, we took a boat tour, where we saw many eagles, as well as totem poles and the old Guard Island lighthouse.

These pictures were taken around Juneau. We went whale watching, and visited the Mendenhall Glacier.

Here are the next 2 galleries from our trip to Alaska. Please click on the images to enter the galleries.

These first pictures were taken during our first day at sea, Tracy Arm, Alaska, and Endicott Glacier:

These next images were taken in and around Skagway, Alaska:

Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think!

Here is the first set of pictures from our Vancouver/Alaska trip. Most of these were taken at the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Chinese Gardens, and Stanley Park. Enjoy!

Last weekend, We went to see The Deal With 44 play a show in Milwaukee. They were playing in support of Disturbed at the Rave/Eagles club, and they rocked out harder than the headliner:

We stayed the weekend in Milwaukee, and visited some of the sights:

Yesterday, I was in Mishawaka. The weather was cloudier than I would have liked: