Urban Savannah

Right here in Pleasantville we have our very own Savannah! There is also a baby giraffe & a trumpeting elephant!

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Chicago Skyline North

I got this view from a top the HUGE ferris wheel at Navy Pier (see my Wordless Wednesday post).

The tallest building is NOT the Willis (Sears) Tower. It is the Handcock Observatory. To see the Willis Tower, visit my account of that at my other blog,Life Makes Me Laugh (another great SkyWatch image, if I do say).

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Juno

At the center of the Kresko Victorian Garden, Juno stands proudly to survey the elaborate tapestries of flowers, foliage & succulents indicative of the early 1800's landscape design.

Sorry, there's just a little bit of sky and a single whisp of a cloud in this one.

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Fire in the Sky

We were at the Pleasantville Organic Farm this past weekend. They were showing the movie Babe in the courtyard and I snapped this while waiting for the show to begin.

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African Royalty

Several years ago, we were at The Animal Kingdom in Disney World. While riding around on a tram tour, I snapped this pic.

I remember, at the time, being disappointed in the shot because you couldn't see the golden hues of the lions contrasting with the green of the tree. But something kept drawing me back to the photo.

Over time, this has become one of my favorite photos. Seeing just the shadows of the lions against the blue sky give them a more majestic presence.

It looks like something right out of The Lion King, doesn't it?

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No Wind

What can I say?

Just one more cool thing to see in Pleasantville. There's actually two of them, one here by the canals, and one at the organic farm. They, among others, are landmarks. We say things like, "Turn left at the fountains and follow the road a ways until you see the windmill. Turn left at the windmill and we're on the right side of the road."

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Fly With Me!

My larvae only eat the milkweed plant.

My pupa looks like a pretty green vase and becomes translucent as I transform.

When I emerge I am not a Viceroy even though we look alike.

I fly high and far.

Who am I?



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