Oh how I love to see the moon in the daylit sky! You don’t even have to wait until dark…
Let’s Re-Paint Gentle Creek!
Re-Paint? Yes, a few months ago I painted this picture of a tree next to a creek and I HATE…
Autumn Sunset
Yesterday I spent a brief chilly evening at Centennial Park in Orland Park, IL. What a beautiful sight. How amazing.…
Let’s Paint Pokeberry Poison!
On the Little Red Schoolhouse trail, I found Pokeberry! Pokeberry is a weed that has a hypnotic bright fuchsia stem…
Little Red Schoolhouse Fun
Today was a nice day to visit the Little Red Schoolhouse of Willow Springs, IL. There is a lot of…
Let’s Paint Crawdad Slough!
This is Crawdad Slough, part of the Palos Division of the Cook County Forest Preserve System. Crawdad is a pothole…
Lucky Squirrel
This morning I had a visitor! Look who came by to my neighbors yard: It’s a beautiful hawk!!! I took…
How Birds Cope
After three straight days of non-stop rain, we received almost 7 inches in my area and twice+ that amount further…
Relentless Rain
Chicago is sitting in the middle of a wet pattern. It has been raining for 2 straight days and no…
Rock Flipping Day at Horsetail
Yesterday September 7th was International Rock Flipping Day. Thanks to my friend Dave from Osage+Orange, I found out just in…
