The Chicago (But Not In Chicago) Botanic Garden

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​THE CHICAGO (BUT NOT IN CHICAGO) BOTANIC GARDEN

...Continued from yesterday:
    The ​following morning, Wednesday, August 24, Claire and I set out walking,   ​

...to The 606, a two-and-a-half mile long walking and biking trail that used to be a train line,

...and that offers some great views of of the cityscape below.

     We descended from the 606 when we reached our destination, 

...my favorite Chicago breakfast eatery, The Yolk,

...where we had the standard fabulous breakfast fare.

     After breakfast we walked back home, this time through the city,

...passing on our way this intriguing sign for a circus school,

...and the neighborhood chicks of the Block Block Club (see post from 9/21-2022 https://www.ailantha.com/blog/next-stop-chicago).

    We then took a trip out to the Chicago Botanic Garden, which is not actually in Chicago, but in Glencoe, Illinois, a scenic little town about an hour north of Chicago.
      However the destination was well worth the distance, as the (Not In) Chicago Botanic Garden is   a beautiful site on hundreds of acres displaying millions of plants.

     Among the displays of flora and fauna  that we saw were an English Garden,

...a Japanese garden, 

...and a butterfly habitat.

       Here and there one came across touches of whimsey.       

      And though we walked for a couple of hours, I'm sure we didn't begin to see all the natural and human-crafted wonders there were to see,

...in this garden of earthly delights.