…and is dropping things all over my car!!!
I guess these would be the REAL Car Keys?!!!                      get it?…

Those little maple tree, flying helicopter seed pods are actually called KEYS.
On my car. Got it? Good. See?… and you just learned something new, right?!

With a lot of clouds in the morning sky, it was a question of whether the sun would make it through or not. Luckily, it found a small window of opportunity. And we got a nice sunrise… before it disappeared again for the rest of the day.

Towards the end of the sunrise, I found another beautiful crab apple tree…
made a nice silhouette photos, as well as some beautiful floral shots with a nice morning glow.

With the crabapple trees in full bloom, there were continual whiffs of their fragrance wafting across the bike trail.

And sure the trees look nice in the sunlight…
but the flowers are pretty darn sweet up-close too!

When I got to Minneapolis, I found these wonderful seed pods still hanging on last year’s bittersweet in Emily’s backyard.

Another beautiful morning ride. A few more low-flying clouds for the sun to play with…
and if you look close, a lot more birds. Low-flying lines of mergansers migrating across the lakefront.

It may still be chilly outside… but it’s looking like Spring inside my condo with another orchid blooming in my dining room window. I’m not sure what’s going on?!

I’ve NEVER had an orchid re-bloom before…
and now this year, two of them are re-blooming right now?! What’s up with that?…
and more importantly, how do I make sure I do it again?!

Make a difference. Plant something green today…. like a TREE!!!

Make a difference. Take care of something green today. Like the Earth.

Reuse instead of buying new every time.
Repurpose turns old junk into new, functional objects.
Repair instead of replacing.
Return Only buy from companies with take-back programs.
Refill instead of buying disposable bottles and paper cups.
Refuse to buy overpackaged, disposable, single-use junk.

The weekend started out nice and Spring was definitely in the air at the Chicago Botanic Garden yesterday. I bet these beautiful flowers are enjoying the rain today… a lot more than me!

And so nice to finally see Spring flowers blooming all over… Winter “might” finally be over?!!!

And I’m kinda obsessed with this crazy cool plant. No idea what it is… but, c’mon… look at those leaves, flowers, berries, twigs, colors and textures!!! It’s like a weird textural bouquet on top of the a plant – growing naturally like this!!!

The weather was so nice yesterday that I took a stroll around the grounds including the Japanese Garden Island.

And so nice to see the waterfalls flowing… and NOT frozen over!!!