This is the James R. Thompson building in Chicago

June 15, 2015February 12, 2019 | MichelleMarie

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The building opened in May 1985 as the State of Illinois Center. It was renamed in 1993 to honor former Illinois Republican Governor James R. Thompson. This building takes up an entire city block in downtown Chicago. Bling and I loved the elevator and all the windows and the architecture.

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Check out the roof, to me this is so interesting!

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This is the left side of the entrance from where we were standing. It looks like a ship to me! I love that

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This is the right side of the entrance from where we were standing.

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This was Bling’s idea to take photos of the other buildings through the glass. I thought that was really cool! Bling is a great tour guide and she sure loves her city of Chicago! It’s her kind of town! 😉

Artists4Peace ANNOUNCEMENT

June 14, 2015 | MichelleMarie

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Announcements:

I forgot to post the topic for July!!!!!!! I am so sorry! So with that in mind we are announcing it now and extending the deadline 😉

July

Heroes for Peace

Who are your personal heroes?
This can be someone famous or someone from everydaylife.

Extended Submission Deadline July 12th
Selected Entries will be posted July 15th

August

Cartoons for Peace!

Submit your drawings, paintings, doodles…this should be fun!
Even if you are better with words than drawing play along.
Stick figures are welcome 😀

Submission Deadline August 1st
Selected Entries will be posted August 15th

Additional ongoing Challenges:

Haiku for Peace
Community Artists4Peace -see more info on this here!

Feel free to send in any other Peace related art at any time for consideration to be posted throughout the month. Remember just blog as you normally would and then email a link to your post to artists4peaceproject@gmail.com…

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Hanging out in the garden with Bling

June 14, 2015February 12, 2019 | MichelleMarie

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I haven’t quite decided what to do with all the photos I took while visiting Chicago.
This is one of my favorite colorWISE! 😀 Love the Green, Purple & Red

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as so we grow on lattice, fences, up walls

June 14, 2015June 15, 2015 | MichelleMarie

we grow

as so we grow on lattice, fences, up walls
we grow together!

I am this flow of g~r~a~c~e

June 14, 2015June 15, 2015 | MichelleMarie

I am this flow of g~r~a~c~e~~~~~

all the characters~~all the chaos~all of it~~i own all of it

I am this flow of g~r~a~c~e~~~~~

Okay, so…

June 14, 2015February 12, 2019 | MichelleMarie

I took myself to Chicago to visit Bling, Kim and Liz. I got to meet Pee and had so much fun! Thank you Bling for this adventure! 😀 Yay for Blings!

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Bling (aka Michelle) came over last Sunday and left this morning around eleven. She drove in from Oklahoma and we had a blast.

I took her to see The Bean and, truthfully, I never let her have any rest. I kept taking her from one place to another. It was her first time in Chicago:), so there was a lot to see. I wined and dined her with diet Dr. Pepper (her favorite) and whipped cream cheese and strawberry jelly on bagels or toast. 🙂 We ate lunch when we were out everyday, otherwise that’s what we would have eaten all the time. LOL We had ice cream, cookies, popcorn, fruit cups, BAGS AND BAGS of chocolate covered donuts and other assorted healthy foods. We had a fabulous lunch at California Pizza and we met Kim and Liz, two incredible local bloggers, at Olive Garden for dinner. Kim brought the…