White Egret fishing in Naperville

Nice view on my evening bike ride last night. I always think of Egrets as Florida creatures and surprised to find them here in Illinois. But they are here and you can find them in any larger size ponds or small lakes. Here is a fun chart to help ID the different types of large water birds:

Taylor Swift in Chicago

Great time at the Taylor Swift concert with all of the kids and grandkids, except Michael (who is back in Portland). He would have avoided the concert anyway, but a good time was had by all. Thanks for Purva Patel for sharing the box. Taylor put on quite a show.  My little Lumix camera ws pushed to the limit to get this telephoto shot but this one is my favorite of the night.

Happy Anniversary

Happy anniversary to my beautiful bride. 37 years of marriage and still going strong. Technically, it's just over 43 years and counting if you include our school years. The portfolio includes 4 kids and 3 grandkids (so far). 

U2 Messages

U2 in Nashville put up a lot of messages on a huge video board that bisected the stadium from the middle of the stage almost to the seats at the other end of the bowl. If you were on the sides of the stadium, you got a great view of these huge video boards which the band also used as a long, thin stage. If you were straight across from the stage, you sort of got shut out. Those seats were listed as "obstructed" view. Here are some of the messages that the band displayed before the concert. They presented a strong theme of empowering women, although as I now scan this composite, not so many show up on these three shot. The tour was titled Experience + Innocence which the NYT called rock with a mission and that was on full display in Nashville. Really fun show.

Memorial Day + U2

Got to see U2 put on a great show while in Nashville. Just a spur of the minute decision to go to the show got us some excellent seats about an hour before the show started. What luck. Best staged show that I have ever seen.

Baby Seal climbing up the beach

 Late April/early March is a great time to go to La Jolla in California as you can see a lot of young ones there learning their stuff. This baby seal was cute as a button as it made its way up the beach. They are not great on land at this point but they eventually get to where they want to go.

Sun Worshipper

It's not just humans who come out to see the sunset. This little fellow was enjoying the view as well.