Tell Me Thursday
Jan 24, 2008 Tell Me Thursday
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I did not post a WW for this week but I would love to share a previously posted one. You can find it here.
Here is my Tell Me Thursday story.
The story behind this picture is that the deer live in a cemetery. The cemetery is in South Chicago and at one time a Forest Preserve was right across the street from it. The deer would wander into the cemetery from the Forest Preserve.
The folks of the cemetery decided to gate it off and some of the deer ended up becoming permanent residents of the cemetery. It is a small heard.
When you enter into the cemetery and drive near the deer they don’t even flinch. They are accustomed to the traffic on the streets immediately south and west of them so fear of roaring engines in not in their make up.
We were able to drive close to them and that is why we got such good picture. Well that and a good zoom lens doesn’t hurt.
It was a calming field trip for my clan. We sat and ate in the cemetery near the deer and my husband even got out to take a picture or two. We stayed for about an hour and then bid the beautiful and graceful creature adieu.
I can’t remember the name of the cemetery, but when I get it I will let you know. Just another Chicago visitors point of reference.
Tell Me Thursday
Jan 17, 2008 Tell Me Thursday
Tell Me Thursday is a great way to let your readers know about your Wordless Wednesday. Here’s my story for yesterday’s Wordless Wednesday :
Chicago is a great place to visit because it has some of the most awesome landmarks, parks, museums, and more. My favorites are Navy Pier, The Shedd Aquarium, Millineum Park, and Buckingham Fountain.
In the Winter time I love to visit the Griffith and Lincoln Conservatories. Why?
Because they are two of the warmest spots in the city. My WW picture was taken on Christmas day when we decided to go there for the day. As soon as you walk in you take off your coats because it is naturally warm.
No kidding!
The plants are are from all over the world and the temperatures in each room is anywhere from 60 to 100 degrees as a result of the level of humidity being emitted from the plants. There are palms, fruit trees, cactus, and more all growing in an environment conducive to the type of plants that are growing in each room.
Yesterday’s Wordless Wednesday photo was taken at the entrance of the fern room. The water fall is a stimulated one but beautiful all the same. It is about 90 to 100 degrees in the room and a wonderful reading spot in the cold winter months. There is also a pound filled with Japanese Koi fish that my youngest loves to look at.
I never knew so many different type of ferns existed until I visited the Griffith Conservatory for the first time in 2002. The education you receive while visiting is phenomenal and the weather inside is not half bad either.
So while it looked like I was in some sort of tropical paradise, I was still in Chicago. But you know, it is a paradise to me because it is my winter time escape.
