When I was a kid my mom grew an amaryllis every winter. I like to carry on the same tradition. I’m sure that to many the type of person who grows amaryllis in their home is the same person who lives with 6 longhair rescue cats (and sleeps in the bed with them), watches [...]
I took this shot last summer. I was walking along Michigan Avenue and came across this monarch butterfly. It was floating around on the breeze and occasionally landing on the blooms of various flowers growing in the sidewalk planters. I stopped and enjoyed a few moments of it’s playful antics, took this photo, and continued [...]
This beautiful mass of flowers hangs in the windows of the newest Anthropologie in Block 37 on State Street. They are made of plastic bottles and cups which have been colored and cut into a multitude of different shades and shapes. It encompasses two floors of windows, forming a gigantic circle, and is truly amazing. [...]
I really like the unique buttery color of the anthurium. And the tulips just seem to move. I dig it.
May is the month for these pretty little things. They are starting to pop up everywhere, so go find them and smell them and love them. Also, it’s the national flower of Finland. What’s more to like?
Easy centerpiece: Remove blooms from their stems, arrange flowers to create a mosaic in a low container or series of containers, place in the center of a table. Done.
This thing is crazy. I see it almost everyday and I can’t get enough. When it was built in 1930 it was the largest building in the world and to this day remains one of the largest. But it’s so much more than a monstrous structure. The Mart possesses a personality [...]
