Some beautiful redbud flowers still hanging on after the storms, the wind & the hail over the past few days… plus yesterday’s crazy “dust storm”?!!! Excited as these are my favorite trees in the Spring… including the three in my front yard!

Woke up to rain this morning… but with April Showers come… ummm?…
DANDELIONS!!! And I’m here for it.
Might be a weed… but still a colorful sign that Spring is here!!!

Still a bit chilly, but bright blue skies sure help when highlighting these beautiful forsythia branches. Always a welcome sight as Spring is finally blooming all around us!

Well, it’s officially the “First Day of Spring” … and we woke up to SNOW!!!
More than an inch overnight. Welcome to Spring in Chicago!!!

Guess our little “hint of Spring” is over?!
It was nearly 80-degrees on Friday… and today it’s about forty degrees colder with SNOW!!!
Welcome to Chicago weather… ugh.

While most have fallen… there are still a few leaves hanging on & showing off!!!

A striking Fall gradation of color & natural perseverance growing through a wooden pallet in the alley. Nature always finds a way!

Fall colors still hanging on… great contrast against today’s blue skies!
Sure, a lot of leaves have dropped already.
But we still have a lot of “pretty” going on around town!

I can’t believe it’s already time to flip another calendar page
& time to change our clocks this weekend!