Splash Water Ice and The Frozen Algae Shuffle

Northerly Island; Chicago, Il.
November 27th, 2010; 4:16pm



:click image for hi-res:

the city's island

on a rock outcropping on the
city's island
     breezy, chilly, October
     this will probably be the
     last weekend for many
     of these sailboats

October Skies

October 2nd, 2010; 6:23pm
Original photograph. Northerly Island.

This used to be an airport. 

Spring Thaw and Bud

First, a shot of the bench from which a lot of my twitpics are taken from. This is facing North, just shy of Fullerton.

And since I was near Fullerton I took another picture of North Pond. Here are the four shots collected, showing late winter into the spring thaw and budding.

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Here is the single shot from today-

Other three originals, from the entry on North Pond.

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Getting Closer to the Loop

Took my fourth ride today, Thursday, March 11th. The day started out cloudy and raining again, but by 3pm the sun had broken through and has yet to retreat. I extended my route further South today, riding to Oak St. Beach from Addison on the Lakefront bike path. I did not, though, add the Northern part of the the ride, so it still ended up being only about a 12 mile round trip.

Here is a map of my ride:

And, of course, a few pictures from the ride:

Heading South on the Lakefront Trail, just South of Addison and Lake Shore Drive.

The Hancock Building with the famous Drake Hotel in front. Facing South.

Oak St. Beach. Facing North, with Lake Shore Drive on the left. Walked out on to the sand, pretended for a moment I was back in California. Twas nice.