Back to Black and White

All good vacations come to an end. Back to Chicago and the winter palette of black, white, and gray. (Oh, I might throw a few more Cabo San Lucas photos in every now and then to break the monotone monotony until Spring, which is only 43 days away -- not that I'm counting.)

This is, simply, a park bench in the Bloch Cancer Survivor Park. I liked how the snow accumulated in some spots (especially up the back) and slipped through the holes in other parts of the bench.

Picture Frame

I thought the large gazebo in the Bloch Cancer Survivor Park created a nice picture frame effect for the snow dusted trees in the park.

Trees To Infinity

I was going to call this post "Tunnel of Trees", but this stretch of trees doesn't come close to rivaling a beautiful stretch of road in Northern Michigan known by that name. And it did kind of look like the trees continued in these straight rows out to infinity. The shadow patterns on the ground also caught my attention.

Winter and Spring

One last picture from last weekend's Spring snow.
It was a heavy, wet snow so it clung to the branches.
These tree buds, though, made it tolerable because
you knew the snow wouldn't be sticking around very long.

In Like a Lion ... Out Like A Lion

The snow that came in this past weekend was really heavy and sticky. But since it was very windy, it didn't uniformly stick on things. Such as in this picture, where only the north side of the columns, light posts, and gazebo in the Bloch Cancer Survivors Park are coated with snow. It created an interesting contrast. It had the look of a shadow but wasn't. By the way, this park used to be the Old S Curve, before Lake Shore Drive was straightened out in the mid-80s.