I haven’t been to the Chicago Botanic Garden lately. So it felt good to go last week. I had a nice walk through the prairie, a slow walk. Pausing to look closely at all the details. There were butterflies and every kind of bee and two toads and so much bird song. The redwing blackbirds…

In an effort to overcome my oversized fear of red-wing blackbirds I now traipse around the botanic garden with hat and umbrella. Even on clear and sunny days. Yes.

One more photo – from Bea. A pink swan! She know I like swans so she always send me photos of them.