Tag Archives: Illinois

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Distractions

October 28, 2009 Lillian Davis 1 Comment

I’ve had a little problem writing lately.

There seems to be a Willow on my desk…..

Illinois

Mule drawn barge on the I&M canal

October 18, 2009 Lillian Davis Leave a comment

This is an actual size replica of the barges that were used to ship goods along the I&M canal- although this one was modified to carry passengers instead of freight.

Normally there is a mule pulling the barge from the trail beside the canal with a tow rope, but by the time we arrived, he was taking a break and they were using a motor.

turning into the dock

Being shored up

here’s a link to the history of the Illinois & Michigan shipping canals:

http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/i&m/main.htm

Illinois, Starved Rock State Park

Blazing Maple

October 18, 2009 Lillian Davis Leave a comment

Fall is upon us at last.

The days are shorter, the nights are cold and we’ve had our first hard frost already.

The trees are showing their colors.

We had a quick bout of sleet yesterday, reminding us that the snow will be flying soon.

It’s time to put the garden to bed and get ready for another long cold winter.

Family time, summer

Grandma’s Helpers

August 5, 2009 Lillian Davis 3 Comments

Sean and Daisy were helping me water the potted plants but they decided it would be more fun to sprinkle each other…

Sadly summer’s winding down. I can’t believe it’s August already. The day’s are getting shorter and school registration is upon us. I wish summer could go on forever.
At least we haven’t had a shortage of humming birds this year. I had to add two more feeders to keep up (total of five now). I have two who are constantly fighting over all the feeders, and one that lets me know when his favorite feeder is empty. He flies right up to me, hovering only a foot from my face, chattering.
Hopefully I’ll get a picture of him soon. All of them are camera shy so far.