It was a crazy mix of clouds & smoke this morning!!! With the smoke from the Canadian wildfires making it’s way to Chicago, we had poor air quality & even poorer visibility. Not much of a sunrise as it was struggling behind the clouds & smoke. There was such a smoky “fog” engulfing the lakefront…. practically obliterating the view of the downtown skyline. CRAZY!!!

Okay… so it looks like I may have left a pad of butter out on the counter a bit too long this morning?!
It was a cube. Thank you heatwave!

A simple splash of color this morning after last night’s storms.

Early morning sun after last night’s rain. Beautiful start…
with more clouds moving in for the rest of the day!

Driving to Lillstreet to teach class tonight… and according to my car’s dashboard, it feels like we went straight to SUMMER today! But never fear… Winter comes back Wednesday as the temps are supposed to suddenly drop forty degrees!!! Welcome to Chicago weather!!!

After a productive morning in the studio, it felt great to get out on my bike this afternoon.
Bright blue sky & turquoise water… and WINDY!!! Gorgeous… as it got up into the low 60’s today!!!

Welcome to frosty fractal wonderland this morning… as I was surprised to wake up to a hard frost this morning?! Beautiful though… I’m ready for Spring!!!

We’re supposed to get to “ten degrees above normal” today… and I’m already enjoying the clouded blue sky & the sun breaking though. Hopefully the brief warm-up will help melt that frozen fiasco in my back courtyard area. Pretty as those icicles are… I’m ready for them to go!

A little more icicle magic. Frozen fringe hanging on my back porch… encrusting some dead vines from last summer that “someone“ forgot to cutdown at the end of the season. But look what beauty my… I mean “someone’s” laziness has created!!!

Another wintery morning with more snow on the way. We already have beautiful “icy fringe” hanging on my back porch!!!