Category Archives: summer

The day lilies have landed

Posted on June 24, 2016 by jyourist
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Waiting for our ruby-throated guests

Posted on July 15, 2015 by jyourist

I have to admit, when I first learned that hummingbirds were here in Chicago, I was rather shocked. Aren’t they tropical birds? Chicago? Really? But I have seen them at the Botanic Gardens and even once in our yard. They … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day and Solstice Dinner

Posted on June 21, 2015 by jyourist

Father’s Day and Summer Solstice dinner prepared by me and my son for JB: Grilled Rainbow Trout, grilled mushrooms and asparagus, Japanese cole slaw, rice. Not pictured: grilled onions and Japanese sweet potatoes; Negronis, Sake, Aberlour; turtle torte, mango custard, … Continue reading →

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School’s out for summer!

Posted on June 12, 2015 by jyourist
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Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s “Summer”

Posted on July 22, 2014 by jyourist

Presently in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, this painting of “Summer” is from Arcimboldo’s original Four Seasons, painted in 1563. This is the only version with both the artist’s name and the date “woven” into the collar and shoulder of the … Continue reading →

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Seeking solace and connection and adventure

Posted on June 11, 2014 by jyourist

Eratosthenes (276 bce-194 bce), a Greek mathematician, geographer, astronomer, poet, and chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria calculated that 3,198 years ago to this very day, the sack of Troy occurred. Yes, 3,198 years ago, with the Trojan War … Continue reading →

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Hypnotizing sounds of the katydids

Posted on May 19, 2014 by jyourist

Against the garage, attached to a stem of the clematis, we discovered these carefully placed insect eggs, so carefully placed, in fact, that they seem to be woven or braided. With some googling we were able to figure out that they … Continue reading →

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…sigh…

Posted on January 25, 2014 by jyourist

…only January 25…

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JB’s Solstice moons

Posted on June 23, 2013 by jyourist

(All photos by JB)

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Summer has finally arrived

Posted on June 20, 2013 by jyourist
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