Cor Blok

Cor Blok illustrated many of Tolkien's scenes from Lord of the Rings. This one of Isildur cutting the ring off of Sauron is one of my favorites.

Interactive Wildflower Map For North Pond

View North Pond Nature Sanctuary in a larger map

A Few New Mexico Pics

Plants of North Pond

North Pond Plants Slideshow

Joe Pye Weed (Sweet or Spotted or both?)

Thimbleweed (sw woodland)

Common Dogbane (se corner of pond)

Butterfly Milkweed (West Prairie and a few other spots)

New England Aster (North Wetland/Prairie)

Sand Coreopsis (East Slope)

Prairie Coreopsis (West Prairie)

Tall Coreopsis (West Prairie and some planted in North Prairie/Wetland)

Shooting Star (East Savanna)

Pale Purple Coneflower (West Prairie)

Purple Coneflower (West Prairie)

Rattlesnake Master (West Prairie)

Jerusalem Artichoke (West Prairie/East Savanna)

Prairie Alumroot (West Prairie)

Prairie Blazingstar (West Prairie)

Wild Bergamot (Many locations)

Common Evening Primrose (Many locations, weedy)

Stiff Goldenrod (West Prairie)

Wild Quinine (West Prairie)

Obedient Plant (West Prairie)

Prairie Cinquefoil (West Prairie)

Black-eyed Susan (Many locations)

Brown-eyed Susan

Wild Senna (North prairie/Wetland)

Cup Plant (West Prairie)

Prairie Dock (Many locations)

Ohio Spiderwort (Many locations)

Culver's Root (West Prairie)

Golden Alexanders (West Prairie)

Common Elderberry (East shoreline)

White Vervain (North Prairie/Wetland)

Riverbank Grape (Many locations)

Wild Columbine (Scattered locations)

Jack-in-the-Pulpit (East slope)

Rue Anemone (SW Woodland)

Wild Geranium (SW Woodland)

Virginia Waterleaf (East Savanna)

Virginia Bluebells (East Slope)

Celadine Poppy (SW Woodland)

Common Blue Violet (SW Woodland)

Sweet Flag (North Wetland)

Swamp Milkweed (North Wetland, scattered locations)

Buttonbush (South shoreline, scattered shoreline locations)

Common Sneezeweed (just planted in scattered locations)

Queen-of-the-Prairie (North Prairie/Wetland)

Blue Flag Iris (Shoreline)

Marsh Blazingstar (North Prairie/wetland)

Cardinal Plant (North Wetland)

Great Blue Lobelia (North Wetland)

Monkey Flower (North Wetland)

Common Arrowhead (Shoreline)

Blue Vervain (scattered locations)

Big Bluestem (West Prairie)

Switch Grass (West Prairie)

Introduced/Weedy

Yarrow (East Savanna)

Garlic Mustard

Common Ragweed

Canada (Tall) Goldenrod

Giant Ragweed (west Prairie)

Common Burdock

Common Evening Primrose

Common Milkweed

Indian Mustard

Canada Thistle

Asiatic Dayflower

Field Bindweed

Wild Carrot (Queen Anne's Lace)

Motherwort

Ox-eye Daisy

Purple Loosestrife

White Sweet Clover

Catnip

Common Buckthorn

Curly Dock

Bladder Campion

Wild Mustard

Bittersweet (nightshade)

Common Sowthistle

Red Clover

Great Mullein

Har

Front Garden Pics

My favorite! Cardinal Flower!


A Morning Glory about to unfurl!

Purple Coneflower, Culver's Root, Prairie Blazingstar, Coreopsis, etc...

More Cardinal Flower

Razzball

I've started writing for the fantasy sports site Razzball. I write under the name Doc.

Go Caucasians!

Famous

The King of Pop

I, like most, have mixed feelings about MJ, but his music was the soundtrack of my childhood.

Zion!

Got a few old rolls developed. Zion National Park is probably my favorite place in the world.

Strawberries!

Here are our first strawberries of the season!

Iran

Dottie's Day Out

Give me treats!

Go Cubs Go!!

We had a great time at the Cubs game on Saturday. Ramirez hit a home run to win it in extras!

Getting closer!!!

Half Acre Beer Co.

Looks like there is a new microbrewery in Chicago!!! Half Acre Beer Co. has a blog. I have always been bewildered at the lack of microbreweries in Chicago. Can't wait to try it!

Evanston Library Peregrine Falcons

I saw a Peregrine Falcon flying around the library yesterday so it must be time to check out the falcon cam.

Mark Bittman: What's wrong with what we eat