Denise Poloyac Photos

January 17

It was a balmy 13 degrees today. These penguins look a little worse for the wear just like most of the people that I saw out this evening.

January 16

After more than three days of below zero weather and windchills below -30, I gave up today and stayed inside.

January 15

Steam on the Lake

I posted a photo on January 14th, but the Lake was so great with the water vapor rising from the relatively warm Lake water into the very frigid air. So here are more.

January 14

This doesn't happen every year. It takes very cold air temperatures that happen suddenly while the Lake water is unfrozen and relatively warm in comparison to the frigid air – to create water vapor over the Lake. I knew that would happen this morning when the air temperature was

January 13

Before it gets colder, we had to take the Christmas tree to the Park to be recycled. There were a mountain of trees – and Liam volunteered to toss ours to the top of the pile.

January 12

Beginning in the early 1980's and lasting for more than 20 years, a group of lesbians in Chicago organized an annual Capricorn Party. I had heard of them, but had never attended one. This year, some of the original organizers decided to bring it back for a new

January 11

January 10

I took this photo this morning knowing that my 2108 photo on this date was my rather messy pile of resistance books. Today I have more books on movement building and resistance – and they are much better organized (even alphabetical!) So at least in that way, I am better organized.

January 9

I ended up going out in the cold rain tonight to take a photo. I had thought that I would get photos in the snow when they were calling for 4 inches. However, it rained all day, snowed for about 20 minutes, and then by the time I got out,

January 8

Most of my photos are in black and white, and as time has gone by that is more true than ever. Most of the time when I am taking photos, I don't even see the color when I take a photo. It is not what draws me to

January 7

2024: Our first trip to Unabridged Bookstore in 2024. There is no doubt that it will be one of many.

January 6

It is the anniversary of the January 6th insurrection. Two years ago, Indivisible Chicago marked the date with a press event and lit letters that spelled out "RISE UP FOR DEMOCRACY". It was a great action - except that it was about 10 degrees below zero; and we

January 5

2024: As we discussed whether we could do a projection action to mark the anniversary of the January 6th Insurrection, Betty said that she "had a guy" who could help us figure out how best to power a projector. So today, Betty and I visited Geoff in his

January 4

2024: I took a quick walk at lunch today, and the sun was out for a change! The couple caught my eye first – and I couldn't figure out who they had taking their photos. Then I realized that it was their photographer dressed for cold weather and carrying

January 3

2024: Not a very good photo day today. What could have been better photos were out of focus or poorly composed, but I figured I wouldn't miss the opportunity to call for keeping abortion safe & legal.

January 2

January 1

In 2012, I started a project to take and post one photo a day for year. At that time I wrote: "There is nothing very novel about this – but for 2012, I am going to try to post a photo that I take every day.  That is easy on

A Few More Photos from 2023

Before I start with something new for 2024, here are a few more 2023 photos that I had planned to do more with, but never managed.

Holiday Train & Bus

For all the years that I have been riding CTA trains and buses, I never knew there were special holiday trains and buses that ran on certain routes between Thanksgiving and Christmas. That is, I didn't know about them until Liam introduced me to them. This year, we

Mariachi Sirenas

The Mariachi Sirenas is an all women Mariachi band here in Chicago. Mariachi bands were traditionally only men – so this band turns that on its head. I was introduced to them when they sang in the back yard in Oak Park during the COVID lockdown for Emma's 18th

Tunas

Tunas Nopal, the fruit of the prickly pear cactus, are in season for a few months in the early Fall in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Our past trips were either too early in the year or too late to enjoy them - so I had only heard about them. This October, they

AOC

When I strated at the National Wildlife Federation, people would talk about AOC's – and I was a bit lost, since the only AOC I knew was the esteemed Congresswoman from Queens - and I knew they were not talking about her! Well, I have since learned that AOC&

Last Concert of the Summer

One of the best things in the summer is going to the concerts in Millenium Park. We didn't make it there this year until August 21st! I felt like I was ready to start the summer and they were announcing that it was the last concert. Well – there

Summer at the Beach

Summer ended a while ago now, but I am still catching up! I took the top photo this summer then looked back to pull some of my favorites from years past.