Hungry Hungry Ducks

The ducks are back in the lagoon on the Northwestern campus, and they seem to be very hungry. My kids came with me to work the other day because the schools were closed due to snow. We went to the lagoon to feed the ducks and to my surprise the ducks came up out of the water and came on to the sidewalk and ate right out of my kids' hands.

Let It Rain...

It's Spring on the Northwestern University campus. One day it's 6 degrees and the next day it's raining and windy. It will be like this for the next month or so, which we all are looking forward to oh so much. The girl above, I have no idea who she is, is an example of the unfortunate people who had to be out in the weather.

On a brighter note my Wii tennis score continues to climb. Last night I had a particularly good session where I only had a couple of temper tantrums. Thankfully no one was home to see me being stupid.

Dog Days of Late Winter

Friday was a really nice day here in Evanston so I thought I would take to the streets to see what I could see. I saw lots of students in various degrees of undress, no photos though, and I noticed this refelction off of one of the buldings. It's not the best picture in the world but it shows the mood of the last days of winter. The temps aren't so bad but it's still grey and icky looking.

Speaking of icky, the melting snow has resulted in lots of mud. Lots and lots of mud. You can't step off the sidewalk for fear of being swallowed up. And don't even think of letting the kids outside in anything less than play clothes because whatever they wear those clothes will become play clothes by the time they're done.

Spring Is Just Around The Corner

Here's a view of Chicago from the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. At this point the surface of the lake is (mostly) frozen, which is sort of cool. As I walked along the lake I could see people walking around out on the lake, which probably isn't the safest thing they could be doing. Even though it's frozen I wouldn't count on it not having cracks where they could fall through.