Best/Worse/What did I learn today? Chat with friends...

cross posted.

Now see the pretties the girls made me, imagine Liz on holidays and Judy with so much to do and yet made me garden art!!!

Making friends and sharing hurts next to memorial garden

Think I'll make this one for my shaded area..

On the lawn next to Judy's as we started to venture out on our day in Chicago

View from our tour boat

So beautiful...cleanest city I've ever visited

Navy Pier

What a great way to see the waterfront, by water tour!

Morning everyone!
Betty, glad to see you posting. Figures you were just tired after the trip, and fell asleep! Love the pictures. Please show us your potlady, that Judy made???

Katie, I have seen walls painted like your talking about. I think it is called faux painting? Makes it look like leather or something?
Post pictures when you can please?

can you imagine working in these buildings

Crossed posted with you Betty! Love those pot ladies!

LindaKay, did post them, few posts up....

This photo made me feel as though I was home or down east...

Betty - those "pot people" are sooooooo CUTE! Love 'em!
Wow - when I was in Chicago it was only in the airport for the 12 hr layover when our plane was late for the connection (by 4 minutes!) and as we didn't know anyone in Chicago, we stayed in the airport! siiiiiiigh 9am to 9pm...... so didn't get to see any of Chicago (that was in 1999)

Lakefront

Trump Towers

When did Trump Towers get built?

Designs or modern and early century but meld together

Susan, they were working on them 2 years ago when I did the same downtown tour with Steve/Liz and Judy..got to say that's one fine man Judy has..love Steve!!!

So enjoyed the day

Won't add too many more..don't want to spoil your visit to Chicago having already seen all the sights.

guess what Kenny was up to

Kenny!!!! tsk tsk tsk..... LOL

Betty, please post more. Although I have driven through Chicago many times, I have never stopped to enjoy the scenery!

Hello Everyone!

Just popped in to say Hi! and let you all know I'm fine. I've been keeping busy while SIL is here and have had my Mom down for the last week. Just finished giving her a perm and now will go fold her clothes I washed and put the last load in dryer. My Sis is picking her up later today. We got the deck done so will go out and enjoy that. I took her to Omaha to buy her material for her quilts and so I washed it and will press it shortly and will have to go up later to help get it all cut and put together. Will check back in again when I get the chance. The temp is only 77 degrees today so absolutely beautiful. I know that LK is still having terrible heat and drought. My heart goes out to them. I hope everyone is doing well and please take care and have a wonderful day.

Love to all, Shirley

Base of Trump Towers...nothing like driving your boat home and parking in your boat slip..look how close to ledge edge you back your car for parking..yikes..I'd be going over for sure..

What great pictures. Never been to Chicago but feel like I had the grand tour. Love the pot ladys.
Virginia Beach is very nice. This is my sister not step.
Off and running kids back to school today so cleaning out their closests. SHHHH do not tell them I am tossing stuff.

(((((((((((Shirley)))))))))))) so fabulous to see you! We've missed you! I'll bet your Mom is happy to get her hair permed :-)
Enjoy your deck, dear Shirley!

(((((((((((((SHIRLEY)))))))))))))))) Miss you girl, glad you're doing good! AW so glad your mom is there, along with SIL, and sis will be there soon!! Enjoy that deck!!

Betty love the pics, you don't have to quit posting them, I've never been to Chicago and would LOVE to go someday!

Afternoon Shirley, yes were still HOT here. Supposed to be 106 today, add the humidity and it is supposed to feel like 116!!!

This is out 10 day forecast!




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Cindy has the birdhouse swap open, come on over and check it out!

Just back from lunch..

What a surprise and a welcomed one at that to see you post Shirley..you have been a busy lady..drats, couldn't you come to my house, called to have hair cut and perm scheduled for Saturday, no go..have to wait until Tuesday night because she has a large wedding party Saturday..you could make me look so pretty.

Glad you got to visit with your mom, know how worried about her..will you SIL stay for a bit longer...ooohhh must see deck photo's, can see you sitting there resting, great to see because you never stay still.

LindaKay, ouch, got to tell you, I like heat but I'd be moving...

Still must check web to find out why this lovely lady was set in the middle of town

$85.00 for 2 hrs. use

They give you 15 minutes of instructions then send a guide with you to tour the Magnificent Mile..think you got way more bang in doing the boat tour...1 1/2 hrs. for $25.99 which I thought was cheap/cheap..still told me that the tour boat had been in business for 75 years doing same, family made mega $$$ and now wants to give back to the City..their way is giving visitors the opportunity of seeing shoreline

Our Judy

Older buildings

don't think I showed you this one?

Found a better photo of Trump Towers..not sure that's what it is called..

Although to me it's a bit overwhelming..i.e. ultra modern, but does fit in

CHICAGO (AP) — The Picasso, the Bean and now the Blonde Bombshell.

A 26-foot-tall sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in her most famous pose was unveiled on Chicago's now-truly Magnificent Mile Friday morning.

Passers-by wasted little time positioning themselves under her billowing skirt to get a subway-grate view of Monroe in the same stance as she appeared in "The Seven Year Itch."

The area is known for unusual public art displays. Years ago, Michigan Avenue was lined with fiberglass cows.

And in the same plaza where the Monroe statue now stands, another sculpture by the same artist, Seward Johnson, was put up: a tribute to the farmer and daughter of Grant Wood's "American Gothic" fame.

The Marilyn Monroe statue will stand until next spring.

from the Chicago culture article July 15, 2011
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/15/marilyn-monroe-sculpture-_n_899978.html#s309681

Chicago Tribune