tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post7470481604261596094..comments2008-08-17T19:19:57.918-05:00Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116gailtiles@gmail.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-16197494398097254542008-08-17T19:19:00.000-05:002008-08-17T19:19:00.000-05:00I haven't been to Chicago for many, many years. Lived 30 miles north of it for two years (1964 - '65) so I have not seen all those new buildings and pieces of art. Thank you for showing me the update.Barbee'http://www.blogger.com/profile/11316077390373348067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-55573352804485620472008-08-16T21:18:00.000-05:002008-08-16T21:18:00.000-05:00shady,<BR/><BR/>We talked about it before I left but my son and his girlfriend were there and all my free time was with them! I would have loved to go visit her garden and have lots of conversation...that's hard to do with 3 non gardeners in tow!<BR/><BR/>How far are you from Chicago?<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-80562183198142578222008-08-16T15:19:00.000-05:002008-08-16T15:19:00.000-05:00You had a great time! I've not been downtown Chicago for a long time.(Well, we had a quick trip down to hit Navy Pier, the boat to the aquarium area, etc. last summer... hardly counts.) Did you contact MMD? :-)Shady Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-75719607681224899282008-08-16T10:35:00.000-05:002008-08-16T10:35:00.000-05:00BSG,<BR/>I heard Mr McGregor's Daughter refer to it in her Bloom Day Post....she has the details. I will be there I loved Spring Fling in Austin and met some great folks, saw wonderful gardens and thoroughly enjoyed Austin!<BR/><BR/>It is a great park!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-53764918540153550092008-08-15T10:52:00.000-05:002008-08-15T10:52:00.000-05:00Hey, is the Chicago thing for sure, then? that would be SO much fun!<BR/><BR/>I love your pics, particularly of the bean and the metal sculpture near the Lurie Garden. (And of course, I adore that garden itself!)Blackswamp_Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-61890297069133654732008-08-14T05:56:00.000-05:002008-08-14T05:56:00.000-05:00anna,<BR/><BR/>We are so lucky we haven't that kind of extreme weather to worry about! We visited Montreal and there were signs next to some very steep roofs that said watch for falling ice...The bean is very cool with reflections and smudges! You get a first prize ribbon for noticing them!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-8583834498053353892008-08-14T00:45:00.000-05:002008-08-14T00:45:00.000-05:00Very Awesome Vacation! I like the shiney bean and all it's smudge marks. No--I like the reflections. I like sidewalk venders selling hot dogs and other goodies. <BR/><BR/>I was there once in winter and they wouldn't let us walk close to the buildings for fear falling ice would cause us some brain injury. So I guess summer was a good pick of the year.Annahttp://woodyandherbaceous.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-11530092711183746392008-08-13T22:09:00.000-05:002008-08-13T22:09:00.000-05:00meems, Thank you...it was fun to run around with a camera. I do hope you get to visit sometime...a very different climate then yours! The first time we visited it was about 20 degrees and snowing! We still walked all over the place! The cold is wet and icy! Not Tampa weather at all! <BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-88640666509050157622008-08-13T21:23:00.000-05:002008-08-13T21:23:00.000-05:00Gail, I&#39;ve never been to Chicago and have only heard great things about the big city for a tourist. You&#39;ve given a good rundown to intice one to visit. You took some great photos too.<BR/>Meems@Hoe&amp;ShovelMeemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-61227860699014046152008-08-13T20:53:00.000-05:002008-08-13T20:53:00.000-05:00bonnie,<BR/><BR/>Will you attend Fling if it's in Chicago? It's such a fun town, expensive but fun and I hear the Botanical Garden is wonderful? How are you doing? I am so sorry about your garden and the drought!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-24393576957255767632008-08-13T18:34:00.000-05:002008-08-13T18:34:00.000-05:00Beautiful shots, Gail. Haven't been back to Chicago since I moved in 2000 but your pictures make me long to go back for a stroll on the lake.Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01029244567686979589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-58350721498386580542008-08-13T14:58:00.000-05:002008-08-13T14:58:00.000-05:00Mary,<BR/><BR/>Both your blog sites are fabulous....really and you are so right there are indeed very kind strangers blogging!<BR/>Good luck with the voting and the photo contest!~<BR/><BR/>Does your guy quote other movies? I wish I had that kind of memory...to quote movies, poems or characters in novels!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-46729001194253262352008-08-13T13:43:00.000-05:002008-08-13T13:43:00.000-05:00My husband always quotes that line from the Blues Brothers LOL It looks like a really fun place to visit -- thanks for the tour!Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11799729997229744515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-85375475478774701342008-08-13T13:42:00.000-05:002008-08-13T13:42:00.000-05:00Kathleen,<BR/><BR/>It is a very nice Big City but not NYC big! We enjoyed ourselves very much...glad you liked the tour!<BR/><BR/>gailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-30459576807187736042008-08-13T12:44:00.000-05:002008-08-13T12:44:00.000-05:00I've never been to Chicago. It looks more beautiful than I imagined it to be? Thanks for the tour around and how lucky were you with the weather??!! That's just icing on the cake isn't it?Kathleenhttp://kaseyskorner.typepad.com/kaseys_korner/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-3820192293876670762008-08-13T11:31:00.000-05:002008-08-13T11:31:00.000-05:00skeeter, Yippee! You guys need it...I was looking at the drought map of the SE and you need it more than we do here in Nashville! <BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-1414717619500146322008-08-13T11:27:00.000-05:002008-08-13T11:27:00.000-05:00Yea, getting rain today! 3/4 inch so far and more falling...Skeeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-42031042368981191622008-08-13T07:34:00.000-05:002008-08-13T07:34:00.000-05:00eve,<BR/><BR/>It is a very expensive town! Used to be you could get a pretty good meal for not so much! But times have changed...everywhere.<BR/><BR/>The cabs are like some animal on the hunt, roving about the neighborhoods in search of prey. Seriously, they are always on the move...and all you need do is stand on the curb and raise your arm and one stops! The gas used from driving around adds to their costs!<BR/><BR/>But, it was a fun weekend and the weather cooperated. Thanks for the photo compliment!<BR/><BR/>So, what is your town like? Not having any small town experience, I am very interested to know what it was like growing up there.<BR/><BR/>gailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-72253816716141269142008-08-13T07:28:00.000-05:002008-08-13T07:28:00.000-05:00IVG,<BR/><BR/>I mentioned to my spouse that Spring Fling might be in the Chicago area, so we all might get to the Bean. Wouldn't that be a fun 'L' ride! But it is very expensive to stay in the city, we splurged, even took the cab to Midway. <BR/><BR/>Rain, what is that? Does it come out of a rubber hose or sprinkler? We do have a chance of rain later this week...4o%; that doesn't seem like good betting odds.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for remembering the seeds I will email you all the info! Still no goldfinch activity on the coneflower! So seeds aren't ready. I will collect the TN variety, but they may be cross pollinated with purpurea! Still they make nice offspring!<BR/><BR/>Have an easy week!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-2639100637638959392008-08-13T07:20:00.000-05:002008-08-13T07:20:00.000-05:00gardengirl,<BR/><BR/>It was lovely in Chicago. A great weekend to be in a garden! It's hard to leave them in the growing seasons.<BR/><BR/> We are the same way with Nashville must see places; there are many we have never seen. Isn't that the way it is in one's hometown? <BR/><BR/>Millennium Park was crowded! But people watching is always a treat. We counted 11 weddings one day...just in the park area. Did they luck out with the weather!<BR/><BR/> I enjoyed Monica's post; her photos were great! Some folks have a gift! <BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-18013362053559076242008-08-13T06:36:00.000-05:002008-08-13T06:36:00.000-05:00Gail, so glad you had an enjoyable visit and wonderful weather last weekend. We get these gems of August every so often - I heard on the news recently it has something to do with La Nina. The long-range forecast for here for August is more of the same cool temps, possibly warming up towards the end of the month.<BR/><BR/>I really must get up to Millenium Park! After seeing your's and Monica's posts, I see what I've been missing!garden girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-49760269049446037632008-08-12T23:07:00.000-05:002008-08-12T23:07:00.000-05:00Hi Gail, glad to see you back!<BR/>Sounds like you had a great trip, and MMD is right, the weather last weekend was very unusual for this time of year and nearly perfect. Too bad I spent most of the weekend working (job) and doing laundry around here (was way behind!). <BR/><BR/>In all of the many times I've been to Chicago I've never been to Millenium Park ... the bean is really cool! I'd love to see that one day, as well as the park. I just love that city, but I could never afford it, and since I moved back to Iowa, I'm appreciating it more and more than I ever did when I was a kid, when all I could dream of was escaping! <I>Plus ça change, eh?</I><BR/><BR/>Not to rub salt into the proverbial wound, but it started raining here very early this morning and lasted through most of the day, a nice gentle one that should have parked itself over your neck of the woods. I hope you get something soon! <BR/><BR/>BTW, in the next couple of weeks when you think of it, email me as to where I should send those seeds I'm collecting for you. So far I have Prairie Mallow and Zebrina Mallow... were you wanting Sea Holly too? If so, those will take a bit longer to harvest as they're still blooming right now. But no rush....Iowa Victory Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220818462081082930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-68692490947985108902008-08-12T21:26:00.000-05:002008-08-12T21:26:00.000-05:00We drove through there one night on our way somewhere else, so I din't get to see much. It was huge to me. I'm from a small town. Those photos are absolutely fantastic. $40 for a cab ride...Wow. That seems like a lot.Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525022534268765494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-61592379589704010882008-08-12T21:08:00.000-05:002008-08-12T21:08:00.000-05:00skeeter,<BR/><BR/>I hope it rains all over your part of the world and mine, too!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-45262070649460346752008-08-12T21:07:00.000-05:002008-08-12T21:07:00.000-05:00Beckie,<BR/><BR/>I am not sure when Fling is; it might actually be in the fall! But ask Mr McGregor's Daughter, she might know!<BR/><BR/>It's very exciting that more prairie plantings are going in, especially to honor original prairie sights. Wasn't the area around Chicago both a prairie and a marshy area?<BR/><BR/>The Bean is something else!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.com