A chilly morning… windy & cold along the lakefront. Beautiful colors as the waves came crashing in. Hovering right around freezing… a crisp way to start the day! And to think we were in the 70’s just a few days ago?!

And sometimes a bigger skyshow requires a BIGGER photo!!!

An hour difference… still beautiful. I was hoping for a warmer start to the day, but there was a pretty strong wind this morning keeping the chill in the air. It’s supposed to get pretty warm today… but not quite yet!

Not a cloud in the sky… just a low-lying marine layer of fog shrouding the horizon. Even the City skyline was fogged in as we were also coming off a hard frost overnight. All good though… as it’s supposed to warm up into the 60’s today… and then snow again tomorrow!!! Welcome to the ever-changing in a heartbeat weather in Chicago!!!

Not a lot of sun this morning… just a good amount of clouds! Even when the sun finally made it over the low-flying dense cloud-cover… it was still “shrouded” in a blanket of clouds! Still warm though… so I’ll take it!!!

Another quiet morning along the lakefront. But this time the clouds didn’t seem to want to play well with others. Sometime the timing is perfect… but not today. There were a few “windows of opportunity” for the sun to make an appearance… but mostly the clouds won out!!! Luckily, we had that one big contrail for a little dramatic contrast!!!

Another beautiful morning. This time with a layer of low-flying clouds… and some puffy clouds moving in from the south. Luckily, the timing worked out and we got some nice sunrise colors & illuminated clouds to start the day.

Sunrise serenity with calm reflections & floating ice masses. It’s going to be another “warm” day, so I’m hoping for some more ice melting. I know there will be more Winter to come… but I’d love a fresh clean start. I’d even be okay with some rain to wash everything down before the next round of snow? Living on the wild side… I even got my car washed yesterday!!! Dare to dream…

Not quite so warm today, but a lot more dramatic… and I’m totally here for it!
Another stunning sunrise over Lake Michigan this morning. Kicking off another beautiful day!

On the road again… and it felt GREAT!!!

Enough of our ice & snow has finally melted to get back out on dry roads & bike trails for a beautiful & safe sunrise bike ride. And it felt SO good to be back out on my bike enjoying the fresh air & sunrise serenity. Sure, I know we have a lot more Winter ahead of us… but I’ll sure take this brief warm-up we’re in right now!!!