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Highwood, IL–The rain and wind will not deter the hardy residents of Highwood from their appointed pumpkin duty. Once again, tiny Highwood will attempt to break the world record with 32,000 carved and lit pumpkins on display on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 6:30. Tomorrow night there’s a gourmet farmer market, live music and trick or treating [...] Highwood, IL– Even the view from a North Shore mansion isn’t this spectacular. Trails of the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve bridge over and through ravines and along undeveloped bluffs of Ft. Sheridan, often opening to expansive vistas overlooking Lake Michigan. Preserving and renewing this habitat for birds and native plants is the mission for the new preserve, which opened September 10. Guides were on hand to lead visitors [...] Highland Park, IL–The Port Clinton Art Festival wound down its 28th year in Highland Park today. The 260 artists represented in the festival brought sculpture, painting, photography, glass, jewelry, and textiles, spread across two streets downtown. In addition, a live music stage and numerous local food purveyors added to the flavor of the event. A number of artists [...] Highwood, IL–It’s easier to walk along the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve today. Thanks to some patching and paving, the majority of the potholes and rough spots to the preserve have been fixed. Now is a great time to walk the preserve along the Bartlett Ravine in Ft. Sheridan to Lake Michigan. Wildflowers bloom, woodpeckers tap-tap for insects, [...] Fort Sheridan, one of the tour sites Chicago, IL–Get outside this weekend for a free tour of Chicago’s finest parks and public spaces for “What’s Out There This Weekend“. The Cultural Landscape Foundation and the Chicago Parks District have teamed up to offer free, docent-led tours of 25 sites in Chicago. See the work of Jens Jensen, Frederick [...] Highwood, IL–Where is Illinois like Switzerland or Alaska? Along the icy shore of Ft. Sheridan Forest Preserve, and Openlands Lakeshore Preserve, where a shelf of icy looks like the edge of Alaska’s Glacier Bay, and deep fissures in the ice-covered sand appear to be crevasses. If you’ve ever hiked a glacier, you will recognize its [...] Openlands overdoes the warning signs Highwood, IL–Openlands has gone sign crazy at the Lakeshore Preserve. Reminds me of the 70s song: ”Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Blocking out the scenery, breakin’ my mind. Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?” There are three “don’t do this” signs posted after the welcome sign–four [...] Highwood/Highland Park, IL–Beautiful days bring out families, dogs, and outdoors lovers to Lake Michigan beaches. Poke in the sand, check out the crawfish that have been washed up, let your dog get a sip of the cold water. Find your own stretch of beach, your own way to relax. Highwood, IL–The snow’s melting, the sky’s blue, the burn crew departed. Walk down Ft. Sheridan’s south beach in Openlands Lakeshore Preserve for signs of spring. Little shoots of green push up through the burned leaves. Water gushes in the ditch, ending in a rock waterfall into the lake. A rock fence marks the shore and stones of all [...] Yesterday, 60 degrees and sunny. Today, 32 degrees and snow covering the ground. Evergreens laden with 3/20/2010 snow Snow still falling. |
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