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We went to Downers Grove Wednesday for sushi, and discovered that Downers Grove had ice sculptures all over town. It's been cold enough to keep them in good shape, too. This one is an ice skating owl, in honor of the Olympics. Not sure why an owl--maybe I missed this year's mascot. Anyway, there was plenty of non-human ice sculpture going on--most of the buildings have icicles, and some are huge! I wish this one had come out sharper, it's a film noir fire escape covered with a waterfall of ice. Pretty cool. :D And some icicles on my house and Rob's house If I shoot through a screen I can fool the camera into not damping out the sparkles.

At the Downer's Grove Farmer's market last June, we saw a similar sign that said "Last Week for Cherries" and then of course there were almost two months more of cherries, so now any faux "limited opportunity" has become "Last Week for Cherries" at our house. But it's definitely fall--we have blankets on the bed again, and I have to order filters for the heater. I brought in the Unlucky Bamboo and the house plants from outside, and we caulked some of the sun porch windows. The garden still looks good, though: The morning glory monster has eaten even the top of the bug zapper now, and if the pole was taller it would still be going up: The giant sunflowers in Downers Grove need to be harvested: And soon it will be cold enough for the hot food at Ballydoyle's to be very welcome (Irish stew, grand marnier chocolate pudding, among other things.) This is above and behind Ballydoyle's: