31 May 2013, Day 360 -- The Wall

This Father's Day weekend, we'll celebrate the twentieth annual Artist of the Wall festival along the lakefront in Rogers Park. In preparation, the entire length of the wall has been whitewashed, with the sad exception of one small section, painted last year by a young man named Terrence, who died a victim of gun violence since painting his section of the wall last June. 

For more information on the festival click HERE.

POSTSCRIPT: The Artist of the Wall festival is something that i look forward to every year, and some of the earliest posts on the Photo du Jour show last year's preparations and the festival itself. My original plan was to try to maintain this blog for one year, posting at least one picture a day; at this point i am just five days short of reaching that goal. I've decided to continue the blog through the upcoming Festival of the Wall before putting it on hiatus while i decide how or if i should continue it in some other fashion. To be honest, i've surprised myself by keeping it going this long, and am amazed at how rarely i've had to resort to posting pictures of my dog, my cat, or my tschotskes; but there are days when i realize that i've taken pictures that are almost exactly the same as ones that i've posted in the past: it's surprising how small my area of operations tends to be. So rather than get stale or repetitive, i'll be taking a break in the middle of June.

31 May 2013, Day 360 - The Sky

The skies were so dramatic over the lake this afternoon that i couldn't choose just one picture.

30 May 2013, Day 359

Dramatic skies this evening at Broadway and Lawrence, taken from a southbound Red Line train.

29 May 2013, Day 358

Heading for the Crosstown Classic

The Red Line was filled with a combination of Cubs and White Sox gear (along with at least one Blackhawks jersey) as the two local teams met at Wrigley Field this afternoon. 

The Cubs beat the Sox 9-3. 

28 May 2013, Day 357

Kingdom Hall, at the corner of Farwell and Lakewood. 

27 May 2013, Day 356

Skateboarder on Glenwood Ave.

26 May 2013, Day 355 - Special Bonus: Mission Accomplished

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that i was frustrated in my attempt to get a photograph of a squirrel in a tree a couple of weeks ago and ended up posting a completely unremarkable picture of some branches and leaves instead. Not one to let well enough alone, this has been bothering me ever since. Today, o joy, i succeeded. So here at long last is a squirrel posing in the branches of a tree. 

And now, in the interest of full disclosure, i must confess that under normal circumstances i detest squirrels. They tear up gardens, eat tomatoes just as they reach the point of being ripe enough to pick, and in general are an overpopulated nuisance, little better than rats, though with a superior wardrobe. But when they are peeking out from among the leaves high in a tree, then they're kind of cute.