
South Loop, Chicago
Category: Nature
sometimes, there’s a drawer full of skulls

Visitors center at the Volo Bog State Natural Area, Ingleside, IL.
spotted joe pye weed

Plant specimen in the visitors center at the Volo Bog State Natural Area, Ingleside, IL. Here is a page with photos and details of this particular plant. http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/sp_joepye.htm
it paid off

Luri Garden, Millennium Park, Chicago
neighbors

Two moths Nate and I found out in the yard while we were playing were placed on the same tree near each other. They happened to line up in the same direction (probably common behavior).