I love when Mother Nature is so confident that these little plants will find a home wherever they can. Sitting in any little crack in the cement… and thriving on the east end apron of Chicago’s Navy Pier.

Sure, the sunrise was beautiful… but it was a fun bonus
to find these perky sunflowers blooming along Montrose Harbor.

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It was a beautiful day yesterday at the Evanston Lakeshore Arts Festival. Incredible weather, great breeze, a LOT of fun customers and a fantastic “backyard” booth view of the lake!!! Looking forward to another fun day in Dawes Park again today. Booth #32 from 11:00am-6:00pm.

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Garden glamour. She’s awfully stunning in red.

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My favorite variegated hosta beginning to bloom in my backyard.

Started a little gloomy, but turned out to be a beautiful day
with some more beautiful flowers in the garden!

Sadly, we’re towards the end of Spring flower season. So here are a few late beauties from my garden… including my new favorite irises from my Facebook Friend Pam in Massachusetts!!!

After a fun weekend of hanging out with my friend & master metalsmith Sarah Chapman, I came home with a bunch of roses. I helped Sarah at the Spring One-Of-A-Kind Show in her booth. At the end, it’s the big tear-down and pack-up. Everything packs down pretty tightly. Everything in its place, and every place with it’s thing. The one thing that didn’t fit were her “booth flowers”… which I brought home and have been enjoying for a few days now. Beautiful roses that are still in surprisingly great shape?!!!

Spring crabapple flowers on the verge of a full bloom in the morning sun.

Possibly the only bright spot in an otherwise gloomy Chicago morning.