A Walk along the Lake Michigan shore

It was a whole 32 degrees today!

Leone Park playground, and one of many people who come to sit by the lake and contemplate.

Looking northeast to Leone Beach. When the icy snow melts, the lake is about 30 feet closer.

Looking to the east. The snow/ice mounds are due to wave spray. The area can be quite treacherous when the North and East winds cause non-stop waves.

Looking to the southeast at Farwell Beach pier, about a half-mile downshore.

A local restaurant, closed until we get warmer days (maybe in June?).

The Loyola Park playground, at the lake end of Greenleaf Avenue.

Spring is scheduled to arrive in about 7 and a half weeks, isn't it?

From my Window: The Frost for the Trees?

I am certain this is not the only frost I will photograph on my windows this winter, but it is the first!

Kind of a nice abstraction, isn't it?

Winter Sunrise over Rogers Park

A Winter's Day in Chicago

Leone Park-Beach is located in the Rogers Park neighborhood, about a half-mile south of the Chicago-Evanston border.

No children were playing here this afternoon.

Pylons from an old pier have become icy hulks.

The fishin'-or-just-thinkin' pier is almost undiscernible.

Lake Michigan is loaded with chunks of ice, and the turgidity level is quite high--as evidenced by the sandy ice on the pylons.

A 'snow drape' decorates the Junior Guards sign. If only Sam Leone could see this!

As I left, a Waste Management employee was cleaning off his truck. The Christmas bear is a nice touch, don't you think?