
Purple Cone Flower, Crystal Lake, IL
Category: Nature
summer camp

Boxelder Bug young (nymphs) and adults watching over them. I spotted this, and a couple other clusters, in our hosta plants.
offering

Millennium Park, Chicago
urban garden

I noticed this urban garden a couple weeks ago, but when the person or people maintaining it added the scare crow I knew I had to visit. This is on top of a semi-abandoned railroad bridge in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood. I have no idea if the garden is “guerrilla” or blessed by the city but either way it’s very cool.
Lurie Garden

Panoramic photo of the Lurie Garden in Chicago’s Millennium Park.