So here are some pictures from our trip up to Chicago last weekend (unfortunately, I didn't get any Ghirardelli pictures -- but we DID stop in for ice cream on a chilly 35-degree day... :)):
We didn't see too many colorful trees while we were up there -- I think it was about a week or two away from "peak" season -- but I saw these few across from Eric's place...
We walked down to the Lincoln Park Zoo on Saturday -- Eric is so lucky to live just a couple blocks from this place. He can walk out his front door and ten minutes later be standing next to a giraffe or a rhino... (or, he can walk the other direction and be drinking a latte at Starbucks... it's a win-win... :)) These were some kind of owls -- I thought they were rather cute and fluffy...
Melman from Madagascar! (I love that movie... yes, I know I'm a ten-year-old... :))
Big kitty...
Kitty on the move...
That's a monkey between two other monkeys -- they were like monkey contortionists... actually, I think the lighter-colored monkeys were grooming the darker one, but it looked rather uncomfortable...
I call this, "Contemplative Gorilla"...
The view from Eric's condo -- love his view of downtown...
On Sunday we headed to Shedd Aquarium. I didn't get too many great pictures in the aquarium, because it was dark, and there were a lot of "no flash pictures" signs (and fish move around so much that it's hard to get a decent still shot...). This thing was actually some kind of seahorse -- it looked like a plant, but it was alive and swimming...
I did use a flash for this frog -- it was so funny, just hanging there like that...
Beluga whales...
Chicago skyline...Well, I'm off to finish some laundry and get dinner ready before tonight's Yankee playoff game -- GO YANKEES!!! :)
1 comment:
Nice pictures overall - although as a "down-stater", I can't figure out why anyone would want to live in Chicago.
BTW. The birds look like Tawny Frogmouths - at least from the black masks and the extra long middle toes.
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