Tiffany dome

 Largest Tiffany glass dome in the world at Chicago Cultural Center.

Photo: Marge Ishmael

 

Somewhere only we know

Heard this song by Keane at my local coffee shop today. Can't believe it's from 2004:

Multicultural

We are all different and yet all the same...

Black Swallowtail and Skipper butterflies

Two butterflies at Bobolink Meadow yesterday:

Photos: Marge Ishmael

The rapid decline of the British hedgehog

At the current rate of decline, British hedgehogs will be gone by 2025... http://www.wsj.com/video/britain-hedgehogs-hit-a-rough-patch/A65BD2FC-1D67-4E9F-870E-C35B22857F89.html

http://www.mrwallpaper.com/Hedgehog-wallpaper/

U.N. admits role in Haiti cholera epidemic

Stunning news in today's New York Times: confirms the idea that the U.N. is a Remington typewriter in a Smartphone world: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/world/americas/united-nations-haiti-cholera.html

An earlier New York Times article from March this year: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/opinion/sunday/i-love-the-un-but-it-is-failing.html

Black-crowned night heron

We saw this black-crowned night heron with a fish this evening at Bobolink meadow, overlooking the lagoon.  http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/black-crowned-night-heron

Photo by Jane Masterson