Intense Chicago Botanic Garden—25 August 2011 This speaks to me this week—wild and fiery. The flowers pull it off a lot better than I.
![<b>‘Tis the Season
PHS Symphonic Band—13 December 2011</b>
Last night’s holiday concert was the first performance of the Symphonic Band this season. [The first part of the school year is devoted to Marching Band.] Here, newly-minted first-chair percussionist, Colin, does a piece on timpani.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-of-the-Week/2011-Photos-of-the-Week/i-tLHFDsv/0/363deba0/Ti/PHS%20Bands%202011%2012%2013%20020-Ti.jpg)
![<b>[Well-]occupied
Downtown Chicago—11 June 2011</b>
This young woman is engaging in one of my favorite pastimes in my favorite city. I like that she’s fiddling with her shoe. My longtime fiddle habit is twirling my left (I think) earring while I’m deeply involved in something else. What do you do unconsciously?](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-of-the-Week/2011-Photos-of-the-Week/i-NkfjLnj/2/70c8a446/Ti/Chicago%2011%20June%202011-0277-Ti.jpg)
