At the North Pond, I’ve seen great-blue herons, green herons, bitterns, cormorants, and black-crowned night herons, both adult and juvenile, as well as all kinds of geese, ducks, gulls, and other water birds, to the point where I supposed there was nothing new to see. On a recent afternoon, though, I happened to see an…
A mysterious joy
Some months ago, a beautiful sculpture appeared in Lincoln Park near the driving range.
Rides
Summer luxuries.
Waiting for the fireworks
How have I missed so many strawberry seasons
The small berries from nearby are the sweetest.
Kayakers
Drifting down a fine green river.
Poachers
We city-dwellers are poachers of the worst kind, loving the countryside for its aesthetic qualities, for the sensory pleasures it can provide.
Life on a lily leaf
To look at the lily leaf as a natural habitation is to be amazed at the scale of creation.
The old Drier’s
Outside Three Oaks, Michigan, a roadside building formerly occupied by a famous local butcher. The Drier’s butcher shop is still thriving at its in-town location, which was built sometime around the Civil War.
Color family
A female wood duck and her young causing a ripple on Chicago’s North Pond.
Monomania
One has to love sameness to see the Midwest’s beauty.
Wading birds around Chicago ponds
Herons and other wading birds have returned to our ponds.
