After the morning rain…
or I guess today it looks like it might be more “in-between“ the morning rains!!!

Earlier today… a perfect reason to play hooky & take a break from the studio this afternoon. Gorgeous weather… hope everyone had a chance to get outside today!!!

Considering there were basically no clouds over the lake this morning…
it was a little surprising to find one BIG cloud hovering over the City?!
There should be some tall buildings in there somewhere?!!!

There should be a skyline out there somewhere?! Let alone a horizon line!!! Welcome to a monochromatic Monday in Chicago. Lots of clouds & foggy haze covering the City. The temperature isn’t that bad yet… but the humidity!!! Yikes!!! All I had to do was LOOK at my bike and started sweating! It felt like six-thousand percent humidity!!! I was just a drippy sweaty mess!!! Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate…

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!!!