Ben Franz

11/28/2017

Saturday, November 18th was Chicago's Magnificent Mile Lights Festival. This annual parade "turns on" the Christmas lights along north Michigan Avenue for the season, with each block being lit one at a time by Grand Marshals Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

The weather had been rainy and windy (briefly, snowy) all day long, but it cleared just as the parade began.

10/08/2017

09/05/2017

Thursday, August 31, 2017 was an ordinary weekday at the CTA's Randolph & Wabash station, on Chicago's Loop 'L'. One of the the last.
Opened on November 8, 1896, the station served riders for almost 121 years, closing in the wee hours of the morning, Sunday, September 3, 2017.

08/28/2017

As the ducks go marching by...

08/24/2017

On Monday, August 21st, 2017, a total solar eclipse swept across the United States, from Oregon to South Carolina. We spent the day watching the eclipse from Rent One Park, home of the Southern Illinois Miners baseball team.

08/17/2017

Another corner of the Cook County Forest Preserves.

08/01/2017

07/20/2017

The International Crane Foundation, in Baraboo, Wisconsin, is home to all of the world's species of Cranes. But, on the day we visited, one species, the Saurus Crane, was not on exhibit. So, here are 14 of the world's 15 Crane species.

07/15/2017

"The Road to Sunny Valley."

07/14/2017

Oh, Deer!

07/13/2017

Nilgai Antelope