Wednesday Zoooop!
Yep, Here is my kid breaking the rules to pick a flower in a national park. He wanted to carry it for 2 days to give to his "sister" in Colorado. The boy has a loving heart...with a rebellious streak.
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Tuesday with some specificity: Indiana Dunes National Park
Indiana Sand Dunes National Park. This. This was my favorite element. Though, additionally, the gift shop had some pictures I appreciated. But being in the wilds of Indiana - not for me. Three words. Hot. Humid. Mosquitoes. And all the latter preferred me far and above my companions. I had been to the Sand Dunes once before in 1990. A long, long time ago. On the day before my crappy new (used) car broke down for the third time in as many weeks needing repair in St. Louis and then have its muffler crap out before we got back to Ohio. Even with all that garbage, I remember that the dunes were dismal. Kevin, however, has set a goal to visit all the national parks. Indiana Dunes: 1. One dune that seems to be creeping across a parking lot and devouring trees. It does have a taste for people having sampled an 8-year-old boy- so guests must stay behind the rope on the opposite side of t...
Summer on Harrison
These are a month old. I took them prior to embarking on our westward journey but did not get them posted. The tiger lilies have invaded the fence row. They are spreading recklessly throughout the side flower bed but last year they jumped the fence - and a bit of lawn - to run free. I suspect I "seeded" this area by discarding the chopped off stems over the fence during autumn garden clean-up. I am amused. (Note: This spring there were about a dozen plants over there but my cousin and I dug up a selection for him to take home to SC... where they are, no doubt, planning to take over the southern United States.) I like them OK - but not as much as the field lilies- which, ironically, have much better manners. And, for the record, I am TIRED of my Stella del Oro daylilies. Yawn. I'm sure I read they are supposed to be repeat bloomers. My girls have not read the same manual.
Wednesday.... Zooop!
Chicago, 2026 Zupe with Canadian smoke What do I like about this photograph? The way his long legs mirror the skyscrapers around him.
Traveling Tuesday - in which we are once again in Chicago
as was the smoke from the Canadian wildfires.