A Tornado Hits the Park Across the Street
2020-08-11 – It’s always seemed that weather forecasts have been over hyped. They forecast rain every day this week, but it only rains once. They forecast 8 inches of snow […]
Tag Archives: Nature
#Pocalypso | Yard Care at the Time of the Apocalypse
2020-05-04 – In all the biblical warnings about the trials and tribulations of the apocalypse, I don’t remember reading anything about yard care. Yet here we are. This was not […]
#Pocalypso | March Winds Bring April Winds?
2020-04-13 – OMG is it windy this morning? I was hoping to go on a bike ride today that was more on a normal route. I knew it was forecast […]
#Pocalypso | Is it Really Necessary to Spit in Public?
2020-04-03 – So Lori Lightfoot closed the lakefront. The lakefront is one of my favorite places to ride my bike, but I happened to drive by last week and saw […]
#Pocalypso | The Sounds We Listen To
2020-03-30 – Our dog Rebe makes squirrel sounds! Or that’s what we thought when we were walking her through the sculpture park yesterday. Usually when she sees a squirrel, she […]
#Pocalypso | Getting Out When I Can
2020-03-25 – Spring colors were in the trees yesterday on Lake Shore Drive, particularly in the willows near Diversey Harbor. Spring colors in the trees are different from fall colors. […]
Playing Fetch With Yourself . . . If You’re a Dog
2020-01-06 – This is a picture of my dog Rebe trying to carry a stick that is larger than she is. Rebe is a rescue dog, so we don’t know […]
May You Live to Be 120—But No Older
2018-01-29 – The billionaires now want to live forever. And some of them are apparently spending their fortunes to make it happen. I get where they are coming from, particularly […]
Total Solar Eclipse
2017-08-21 – wOw That’s my invented emoticon for today’s eclipse. The w’s symbolize the suns corona. The O is the shadow of the moon darkening the sun. wOw We saw […]
I Need a Break
2017-08-17 (18) – I need a break. So I’m taking one. Tomorrow will be my last day in the “office.” Saturday, we are leaving the house and animals under the […]
