A year ago today after I had dinner at Pleasant House, the skies opened up. For a moment it looked like a scene from the Avengers in colo(u)r, or maybe a Dalí? The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari?
Chicago by Dalí, or the Persistence of Rain
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Spring in the Midwest, May 27
Morning
Early evening
Glorious spring
If only the world could stay as glorious as some fleeting moments.
Morning
Afternoon
The rain in May
. . . falls mainly on the plains. Or something like that. Sky over Lake Michigan after a late afternoon/early evening rain.
Spring in the Midwest
All you can do is predict a Midwest spring will be unpredictable. Get your bike ready but keep your scarf and mittens handy.
April 14, 2019
All-day blizzard conditions.
April 21, 2019 (Easter Sunday)
A week later, a great egret keeping an eye out for fish dinner at Washington Park lagoon.
Thunderstorms and “spring is coming” sky
Another Promontory Point sunrise
Different cloud types and shadings make for a weird sky.
Yesterday’s short-lived ice “storm”
“Storm” seems a strong word for the quiet calm of an accumulation of ice, even when there’s a trace of precipitation still coming down. I must remember to look up the ice storm in western New York that shut the area down for a day or two. It was beautiful, quiet . . . and destructive.
Sun and ice
I remember Jack Frost visiting our windows when I was growing up. I don’t see him often here. During the January 2019 polar vortex, he stopped by too briefly.
Sea smoke on Lake Michigan at -21ºF
It got colder this morning before it got warmer. The sea smoke was curling and eddying in interesting ways.