Tag: flora
Glowing Bush
Would that Dubya had been even half this bright…

Groot Home Chicago

In the Light of a Different Sun

One Day Last June
The tree, when first planted, hardly looked like a real tree. It was a bush on a stick. Now it is coming into its own.

Tanglewood 1
It’s like your brain, see?




Irrigating the City in the Garden
Chicago’s motto is “City in a garden.” Landlords take it seriously as it’s the cheapest way of attracting tenants.


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Reflexions
Water and Light:
images from Chicago, Evanston, Cook County, and South Jacksonville.
Click on an image to enlarge it.
Carpets of the Sun
Grasses, sedges and assorted weeds in all their glory. The prairie also turns color in the fall. Click an image to enlarge.
The photos were taken at Loyola Park, the lagoon on the Northwestern University campus, the Chicago Botanic Garden, and perhaps elsewhere, at various seasons over a couple of decades. On a few of the images, I also did a little experimentation with filters in GIMP Image Editor.
This post was inspired by the British rock group Renaissance:
28 thoughts on trees



























