Still Wandering Around our Little Town...

Really. It was a perfect day. Chicagoland in one of it's best "weather moods". We are in an area which was once a military air field, recently converted to planned-community....I like the way our local commuter rail trains shine in the brilliant sunlight of the lovely day....

 I startled a Great Blue Heron as I tried to get closer for a better look....

Our motto: Hug the Bear--(do you s'ppose they thought this up After they got rid of the bears?)

Yellow Stuff Around the Village....

 I wonder about people who select a vibrant, bright color to paint their home; to carry off such a color scheme, it has to be done "right", with proper execution and great maintainence. Seasonal decor helps. This home is even brighter in reality than the photo. "Bright Blue--in Winter"

Oh My Lord...the entire lawn was covered with wild violets and dreaded dandelions!! I cringe to think of the (hired) labor and chemicals it will take to rid this property of this mess! The voilets have tenacious tubers...I know this 'cause I let them get loose in my yard long ago, thinking they were pretty.

Springtime in America: a brilliant colored vintage "muscle" car among the sensible minivans. Attaboy!

A Springtime Ramble Around our Village....

 Sometimes it's fun--and good exercise too--to take a 3-4 mile walk around town with the camera on a nice day. I pretend I haven't lived here for 30-years; trying to look with new eyes.  Our town is a "tree city" which helps it look lovely this time of year. Every street is adorned with flowering trees and shrubs; it's pretty.

 In the older sections of town, you sometime see alley-ways between the backyards so people have access to their garages....

 Nice, middle-of-the-road style and comfort; pretty typical of these parts. Well-maintained pretty homes with nicely kept lawns....

Oops...this is bad--there is always one (it's usually Us)...what's wrong here, people, it's April, the leaves are on the trees and the Christmas wreath is still tattered and fading on the chimney...better be careful, somebody might gripe to the village!...

A single family home...for a very large family? I think this may have been a major re-model from just before 2008...they just made it, if so.