Color photo of a magnolia tree in full bloom (pink blossoms) in front of a Spanish Colonial Revival stucco home.
Color photo of a row of magnolia trees in full bloom on a wide lawn, many petals scattered on the grass.
Color photo of a magnolia tree in full bloom in front of a stucco two-story home. Petals cover the lawn.
I'm a no-good liar, more Peak Magnolia in West Ridge
Photo of pigeon perched in foliage with berries, description from ebird: ‘Brightly-colored tree-dwelling pigeon. Adult male has a powder-pink neck, orange breast patch, gray-blue head, and yellow belly. Adult female is much plainer, tea-green above and brighter yellow-green below. Both sexes have striking black-and-yellow wing feathers and yellow spotting on the undertail coverts. Adaptable, and can be found in mangroves, open coastal forests, parks, gardens, and plantation edges. Primarily a lowland species, but can on occasion be found in foothills. Social, often gathering in flocks; occasionally mixes with other green-pigeons. Unlike many other pigeons, not very vocal; occasionally gives strange, alien-sounding coos.’
Pigeon of the Day:
Pink-necked Green-Pigeon
📷 JJ Harrison
I hate having to do the "look, they're normal just like us" post, but sometimes you have to do that when American propaganda tries to convince everyone Iranians are "animals".
If you're in line to dunk on JD Vance, STAY IN LINE.
Lake Michigan nice and calm with broken cloud cover letting sun though in spots.
Lake forever problems this morning.
A flock of Cormorants flying right to left in a loose V formation against an overcast sky with some sun beaming through gaps in the cloud.
Cormorants over Lake Michigan.
#Birds
4.9.2026
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Photo of a lone leafless tree standing on a burnt grassy sand dune next to Lake Michigan under a mostly blue sky.
TREE
Skulls in the Armenian village of Sheyxalan in 1915
Feb. 15, 1926: Mehmet Celal Bey, an Ottoman Turkish official who sought to obstruct the genocide against the Armenians during WWI, dies at 62 in Constantinople. The regional governor was twice removed from his posts for refusing to assist in what he called "extermination."
A black-and-white photo showing a group of workers constructing McCormick Boulevard on August 17, 1925. Several men are using tools to level the ground and prepare the roadbed, while others stand nearby observing. The scene is set outdoors with trees lining both sides of the road and construction vehicles in the background. Handwritten text in the lower left corner reads "12070 Aug. 17, 25."
📷 Construction of McCormick Boulevard on August 17, 1925.
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An American Kestrel perched on a balcony. Lake Shore Drive is seen below and a snow covered park and Lake Michigan are in the distance.
Spotted this at work today in Chicago. Foster and the Lake, 18th floor balcony.
Getty Ms. Ludwig II 6, fol. 6
For the Epiphany, here are the Three Kings arriving at a Nativity scene in a 14th-c. Armenian Gospel book, Getty Ms. Ludwig II 6. 🕯️
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Photo looking across a barren landscape towards a lone leafless tree standing under a pale blue sky with wispy clouds near Lake Michigan.
TREE
complete lawless vandalism — and a desecration not only of the building but of the great oaks and other trees growing around it that were butchered and chipped for this wastrel's tacky self-aggrandizing man cave
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very small black squirrel in tree
Tiniest baby squirrel I saw this year 🥹
I don't think most Americans have any idea how dangerous it is for a president to declare an entire ethnic group to be "garbage." This is how the worst atrocities in human history have begun.
FRITZI RITZ BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- WE SEE THE DRAWING BOARD OF ERNIE BUSHMILLER, HE IS PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES OF A DRAWING OF NANCY…NANCY HAS A VERY PERTURBED EXPRESSION. ERNIE BUSHMILLER: SAY!---WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THE GROUCHY FACE? NANCY: I DON'T WANT TO WORK TODAY--- IT'S A HOLIDAY. P2-NANCY IS RUNNING AWAY FROM ERNIE ERNIE BUSHMILLER: HEY! COME BACK HERE!! P3- NANCY COMES TO THE EDGE OF A STACK OF BOOKS, BELOW IS A BOTTLE OF INK. P4- NANCY LEAPS FROM THE STACK OF BOOKS AND DIVES HEAD FIRST INTO THE BOTTLE OF INK P5- NANCY’S DIVE MADE A SPLASH OF INK , AND THE INK SPLASH SPELLS OUT A SPECIAL MESSAGE… MERRY CHRISTMAS
FRITZI RITZ BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
December 25,1937
Humphrey Bogart and a certain black bird in a publicity shot from John Huston's immortal film of THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
Birthday boy Humphrey Bogart hopes your Christmas is the stuff that dreams are made of.
The Christmas Song has South Side roots - cowritten by Mel Torme (55th & Ellis), the definitive version by Nat Cole (40th & Vincennes)
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Armenian Gospel
1434-35
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The thing to understand about Chicago is that the people who live here love this fucking city, and we will defend it. Always.
Now THIS is more like it!
I wish I knew
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Hello! It is the thing everyone who has followed this closely expected
Benedetta Ristori, abandoned Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope, Orgov, Armenia, built between 1975 and 1985; active between 1986 and 1990. — color photo. Dusty pink lounge chair in foreground angled in front of a control panel console with screens and dials. Floor is mottled blue. A wooden door with arched top is closed at left. Ceiling is white, as is the first few top inches of wall, which is a pale yellowish brown.
Benedetta Ristori, abandoned Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope, Orgov, Armenia, built between 1975 and 1985; active between 1986 and 1990.
