Cooper's Hawk

 Juvenile Cooper's Hawk in our back garden this morning.

Photos: Marge Ishmael

Waiting for the #6

Waiting for the #6 bus on State Street.   I just realized the Franciscan friar looks as though he’s praying – it took 20 minutes for the bus to arrive so perhaps that's why.

Photo: Marge Ishmael

 

Deer on trophy cam

Thought we'd discovered a coyote den so we set up a trail cam for several weeks.  Only thing we caught were wild turkey, raccoons... and this cute deer. Disappointment is the gap between expectation and reality.

Morels

 Surprised to find wild morels in our back yard for the first time in 23 years of living here.

Photo: Marge Ishmael

Truth

 

Happy Earth Day

 

Cherry Blossom

160 cherry trees are in full bloom in Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side.  In Japan, cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of the spring, a time of renewal, and the fleeting nature of life....

Photos: Marge Ishmael