The Chicago area has had one of its stormiest summers. Here’s my neighborhood after a recent thunderstorm.
While driving around the neighborhood, we had to keep turning around because of blocked roads.
While driving around the neighborhood, we had to keep turning around because of blocked roads.
This large bur oak is believed to date back to 1660. It stands 90 feet tall and its impressive canopy spans 130 feet. It’s considered one of the largest and oldest trees in Missouri and though it’s survived a 9 foot flood, a tornado, drought and lightning strikes, it is dying. Arborists have been working to slow the death of Big Tree.… Read more ...
In 1996, I was driving my Ford Tempo “Sherry” when a black car slammed into the driver’s side door.
You can tell how bashed in the driver door was.
I remember waking up with the gear shift between my knees.
This is what hit me.
R.I.P. Sherry
I was lucky to have only a broken collar bone and bruised ribs.… Read more ...
Logan and a couple of kids from the neighborhood had been running around the front yard and playing reindeer games, until the oldest child decided to bring out her ipad.… Read more ...
