Ten Random Photos

Here are ten more random photos from an archive of my old phone.

Here is a cool looking evergreen tree from the Chicago Botanic Gardens. This is in the Asia section of the gardens where various bonsai and trees from Asia are featured. Sometimes at night they have various red lanterns lit around this tree, one of these day's I'll be able to get a photo of it.

Here is my pet Chilean Rose tarantula named kokopelli. Every now and then she climbs around the cage and will get her claws caught on the top wire mesh. At first glance it looks like she's reaching for her light but in reality she just got one of her claws caught on the mesh. I have to take a little needle and carefully unhook her from the ceiling. Fortunately she has learned her lesson and no longer crawls on the ceiling.

This is a normal gloomy photo from my commute into Chicago. During winter there is lots of fog and low light making the skyscrapers look ominous. The fog also create a nice fade as they get farther in the background.

Here is a tame city pigeon standing next to some flowers that match its colors. To think all these pigeons got here because we used to eat them. Now they are all over the place and think they are humans.

Now for some ugly modern art. This is in Daley Plaza and god only knows what it is supposed to be. I'm sure the city spent millions on this fugly looking thing lol. At least the kids are turning it into a slide.

Here is a shot of a ferry in Everett Washington. I had to do some work here and ate at a seaside restaurant with a view of the ferry that moves people to different islands along the coast. They have amazing seafood there.

This is a shot from a whiteout in Illinois. It always seems to get a bit warmer during the winter when lots of snow falls like this.

Now its time for spring. This was taken right as the daffodils were blooming early in spring while the trees were still budding. It was still a bit cold outside but the sun was shining nice and bright.

Later on in spring the city of Chicago likes to plant tulips everywhere in the high tourist areas. This makes for a nice contrast against the colder looking building.

Finally some colorful fungi. This is stereum ostrea aka false turkeytail. Sometimes this stuff can be more colorful than true turkeytail and it varies quite a bit. This batch had a nice dark orange, white and green hue to it with interesting curling spirals.

That's all for now, more soon and thanks for looking :-)