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Who says you can't go home?


Sakura

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I won't be back to AF for a little while again so I wanted to post a blog entry and some of the pictures I've taken this past week before I leave. These are all from my road trip back to Chicago with @Eris and @Sarada. We really had a fun time. We got a bit turned around and ended up in Missouri instead of Illinois the first night.. yeah yeah my bad LOL By the time we realized we had gone the wrong way we just decided meh, whatev's, let's go see St. Louis, so, we did! What would a road trip be anyways without some adventure? 

I've really enjoyed being back home. The reasons why I'm here are for mental health reasons so it's a bit personal and not exactly the best situation to be home for. Despite how I'm feeling I've felt more at peace since being home. Seeing the places I used to go to, meeting up with friends, seeing my family, staying in my dad's house. It's made me feel relaxed, safe, not stressed out, and just peaceful which is better than I've been in what feels like a really long time. Everything has just been kind of building for months and then kind of came crashing down at once. 

I decided to try a black and white photo which is not something I usually do. I tried the first one with an angle of a street I liked and the second one is downtown Chicago. I really like the way the black and white looks on the first set it kinda gives it a really old look. Not sure about the second one I think I like the way the colored one looks more. 

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The ones below this spoiler are from the road during our trip here. The sunset that day was so pretty coming through the clouds that I had to take some pictures of it!

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Another one of my favorite things to take pictures of is the city lights at night. It was a bit cloudy as usual in Chicago this time of year, but I kinda think it just adds to the atmosphere. Or maybe I'm weird but I've always liked foggy and cloudy Chicago when I can look up at the huge skyscrapers and can't see the tops because they are in the clouds ~ Most of these are in and around the Chicago Tribune building which is right at the main center of the Magnificent Mile and the other is from out on Navy Pier. 

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Below is just a few pictures of when we first headed out to walk around. The last picture is at The Field Museum. The Field Museum might look pretty familiar because it's been in a lot of movies such as Night At The Museum which is actually a movie I really like : D 

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 I guess that's all for now. I really wanna say thank you to all my friends though on AF who have been there for me lately. You guys mean the world to me 💜

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I like the black and white photos both of them. first is nicer tho. 

I didn't mind going to Missouri I just wish someone had told me :homer: 

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23 minutes ago, Eris said:

I like the black and white photos both of them. first is nicer tho. 

I didn't mind going to Missouri I just wish someone had told me :homer: 

Thanks<333 I DIDN'T PLAN IT EITHER LOL

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Another collection of really wonderful photographs @Sakura the Black & white ones look great, as do the colour versions of course. I especially like the night time shots of Chicago, they really capture the feeling of a city at night.

In the first two photos is that the famous Chicago L I see? If it is when you escape from the clutches of the hospital I'd really like if you could take some photos of it and the trains for me, please, please (you know how much I like trains, any sort of trains!)

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I like the b&w style on both. I've always been a fan of b&w photos. I think you did great with them.

The Chicago Tribune photos look amazing 🫶
 

6 hours ago, Animedragon said:

Another collection of really wonderful photographs @Sakura the Black & white ones look great, as do the colour versions of course. I especially like the night time shots of Chicago, they really capture the feeling of a city at night.

In the first two photos is that the famous Chicago L I see? If it is when you escape from the clutches of the hospital I'd really like if you could take some photos of it and the trains for me, please, please (you know how much I like trains, any sort of trains!)

I don't think she'll be back for several days so to answer your question yes it is  👍 I had to think about it for a moment because I walk by it every day and never gave it much thought :V 

 

9 hours ago, Eris said:

I like the black and white photos both of them. first is nicer tho. 

I didn't mind going to Missouri I just wish someone had told me :homer: 


It could've been worse :V 

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I enjoyed looking at these. Once again you've taken some really good photographs. You did a great job with the black and whites too, I like both of them. I hope you'll do some more in the future.
 

 

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7 hours ago, Sarada said:

I don't think she'll be back for several days so to answer your question yes it is  👍 I had to think about it for a moment because I walk by it every day and never gave it much thought :V

I knew she was going to be away for a few days as she's told me quite a lot about it, but thanks for answering my question. It was my inner railway nerd coming out, I instinctively spot railway stuff 🚂 🙂

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Very nice pictures Serey I like all of them. The black and white ones did turn out very well so I think you should try more of them or even try with different settings and see how they can come out. 

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13 hours ago, Sarada said:

It could've been worse :V 

Okay explain how? 

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8 hours ago, Animedragon said:

I knew she was going to be away for a few days as she's told me quite a lot about it, but thanks for answering my question. It was my inner railway nerd coming out, I instinctively spot railway stuff 🚂 🙂

I assumed you did just making sure :V I'm sure she'll take some pictures for you it'll give her a reason to get out of the house.
 

2 hours ago, Eris said:

Okay explain how? 

We could have ended up in Arizona with @Lucky

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9 minutes ago, Sarada said:

I'm sure she'll take some pictures for you it'll give her a reason to get out of the house.

That'll be good, sometimes people need a reason to get out of the house.

I'm like that sometimes.

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8 hours ago, Animedragon said:

That'll be good, sometimes people need a reason to get out of the house.

I'm like that sometimes.

Me too if there's no reason I'll bed rot all day :V 

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15 hours ago, Eris said:

Okay explain how? 

Sarada does have a point. You and Serey would have died there.

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17 hours ago, Sarada said:

I assumed you did just making sure :V I'm sure she'll take some pictures for you it'll give her a reason to get out of the house.
 

We could have ended up in Arizona with @Lucky

I don't mind that except what Sasuke just said:

4 hours ago, Sasuke said:

Sarada does have a point. You and Serey would have died there.

I don't like hot temperatures. 

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7 hours ago, Eris said:

I don't mind that except what Sasuke just said:

I don't like hot temperatures. 

Neither do I.

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On 4/21/2025 at 2:43 AM, Animedragon said:

Another collection of really wonderful photographs @Sakura the Black & white ones look great, as do the colour versions of course. I especially like the night time shots of Chicago, they really capture the feeling of a city at night.

In the first two photos is that the famous Chicago L I see? If it is when you escape from the clutches of the hospital I'd really like if you could take some photos of it and the trains for me, please, please (you know how much I like trains, any sort of trains!)

I can definitely try to do that here once I start feeling better ~ It's not very far away as Lillie mentioned lol I see it a lot I might even have some other pictures of it, in fact I'm fairly sure I do. I'll go through and look some point soon. 

@Sasuke @Sarada @Zeref thanks you guys <33 I am going to try some more photos in black and white sometime soon because I like the way it looks and it's something I want to experiment more with. 

On 4/22/2025 at 6:43 PM, Eris said:

I don't mind that except what Sasuke just said:

I don't like hot temperatures. 

No Arizona plz I will die too @.@ 

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10 hours ago, Sakura said:

I can definitely try to do that here once I start feeling better ~ It's not very far away as Lillie mentioned lol I see it a lot I might even have some other pictures of it, in fact I'm fairly sure I do. I'll go through and look some point soon. 

@Sasuke @Sarada @Zeref thanks you guys <33 I am going to try some more photos in black and white sometime soon because I like the way it looks and it's something I want to experiment more with. 

No Arizona plz I will die too @.@ 

Next time we go walking I want to take some pictures too because I want to try to make something black and white.

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16 hours ago, Sakura said:

I can definitely try to do that here once I start feeling better ~ It's not very far away as Lillie mentioned lol I see it a lot I might even have some other pictures of it, in fact I'm fairly sure I do. I'll go through and look some point soon. 

@Sasuke @Sarada @Zeref thanks you guys <33 I am going to try some more photos in black and white sometime soon because I like the way it looks and it's something I want to experiment more with. 

No Arizona plz I will die too @.@ 

I will be looking forward to seeing them.

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On 4/23/2025 at 10:37 PM, Sakura said:

I can definitely try to do that here once I start feeling better ~ It's not very far away as Lillie mentioned lol I see it a lot I might even have some other pictures of it, in fact I'm fairly sure I do. I'll go through and look some point soon. 

@Sasuke @Sarada @Zeref thanks you guys <33 I am going to try some more photos in black and white sometime soon because I like the way it looks and it's something I want to experiment more with. 

No Arizona plz I will die too @.@ 

We stay away from anything on the West coast and we will be alright I think. Unless we are talking about going as far over as Alaska, in this case that would be alright with me. 

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25 minutes ago, Eris said:

We stay away from anything on the West coast and we will be alright I think. Unless we are talking about going as far over as Alaska, in this case that would be alright with me. 

ALASKAAAAAA YASSSSSSS That would be a paradise for me lol 

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9 hours ago, Sakura said:

ALASKAAAAAA YASSSSSSS That would be a paradise for me lol 

Take me with you ty

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1 hour ago, giuls said:

good luck with your future endeavors, I wish you well!!!!

Thank you 💜💜

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