plates & wheels

well, so much for my 8 o'clock wake up call...but i knew that would happen. anyhow, i managed to drag myself out of bed before 10, which is still pretty good. i was greeted with pretty pictures that were posted on another's blogspace sometime in the middle of the night. (many, many smiles upon this sleepyhead's face remembering moments attached to such snapshots) - (pause in typing as she travels back to the windy city to even bigger smiles)


i wonder if frank lloyd would have approved of these hiroshige prints...


just for the record...every year a carnival comes to dc, and i see this ferris wheel - looking at it in awe and utter fear. i cannot believe that i was convinced to ride the ferris wheel at navy pier...which i later was told is one of the largest in the world! (eyes get big with shock) anyhow, i must say that the ride wasn't so horrifying...but perhaps it was merely the company that kept me from thinking and feeling petrified, certainly not from feeling cold though...i was trying to confirm that it was one of the largest ferris wheels in the world/nation...and in doing so stumbled across this pretty [ p i c t u r e ].