Clouds hung low over the city blurring the skyline with a gray haze of precipitation. As a result, Chicago looked less like a tangible city in the background and more like the dream of a city. Madeline and Steve stood on the deck on top of their house with the aspiration of downtown extant through […]

Looking out the windows at the top of Indianapolis Library provides a beautiful view of the Indianapolis cityscape. The Indiana War Memorial seems to rise up from the American Legion Mall while the Chase Tower looms in its background. The top of the Sailors and Soldiers Monument pops up over the trees of the mall, […]

The gentle water lapping against the side of the dock on Lake Wawasee sounded like the beginning of a soothing lullaby. As Katie and James stood on the end of the dock, looking out over the water, the sun sank slowly toward the horizon. They turned away from the water, leaving the glare of the sun […]

As the sun started to dip beneath the horizon, its soft light made the pods of the soybeans look transparent. Jamie and Cody stood at the edge of the soybean field, the sun at their backs. They hugged briefly, and then walked away, hand in hand. As they walked, Cody lifted Jamie’s hand to his […]

A fountain ran down the side of a small hill that lead to the tea house at Irwin Garden. Two sets of steps led up either side of the fountain to the tea house. At the top of the steps, in the doorway to the tea house, Taylor and Mikey stood looking out over the Irwin […]

The door was open and the sunlight was pouring into the parking garage, just to be soaked up by the dark walls and ceiling. Mikey stood in the parking garage, looking out the door toward the beautiful Alexander Hotel. Taylor walked up behind Mikey and held him. Her delicate hands and beautiful engagement ring resting on […]

The white flowers growing along the canal stretched toward the sun, leaning out over the peaceful water and letting their blossoms blow in the breeze. A raft of ducks paddled by in the water, disturbing the tranquil surface. Rachel and Jake paused near the beautiful flowers while walking along the canal. Standing close together, Rachel looked up […]

On a pleasant day near the end of summer, Kendra and Sam sat in a boat on a charming little pond. A slight breeze rippled the surface of the water and caused the foliage near the water to sway back and forth. The boat rocked gently on the surface of the pond, the sides dipping slightly […]

The rays of the setting sun reflected off the pavement of the street, creating a beautiful yellow glare as Margo and Will walked down the sidewalk in Carmel. They paused for a moment next to one of the street lamps, the leaves from plant hanging off a crook in the metal reaching down toward the […]

The summer was not quite over, but some of the trees in the Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres had already started shedding some leaves. The fallen leaves littered the pathways of the woodland park. With the sun at their backs, Kim and Alex took a walk down one of the paths with […]