Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

I really should read my own blog.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

How stupid are these people?

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

the 10% who apparently lack object permanence

This fight is for everything.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

Finding joy where we can, and muddling through where we can’t.

This is dead girl, live boy, a goat, two wetsuits and a dildo territory.  oh, and pink furry handcuffs.

“But what about the lurkers?”

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

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Christmas morning!

From the Morton Arboretum‘s “Illumination” festival, taken in early December.

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Almost all the displays are very dynamic. These first two pictures try to capture some of that, showing the lake illumination with the beams and floodlights changing color, intensity, and direction continually.

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This is another dynamic display, with the balls and tree lighting changing colors.  Parts of this display can be changed by visitors, assuming you can push aside the kids who are lined up to use the controls.

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These trees are near the end of the walking tour. The photo doesn’t do them justice, I would estimate them to be at least 60 feet tall. The light show here is about a ten-minute loop with sound effects, that reminds us of the life of the trees. For example at one point rippling lights are projected with the sound of rainfall, followed by breathing noises as the trees photosynthesize. The colors in this shot may represent autumn, though I’m not sure since these are evergreens.

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    jackmac

    Great images. Thanks for posting. Morton Arboretum is beautiful any time of the year, but the holiday season is extra special!

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    O. Felix Culpa

    @raven: I attended COD too; got my start in accounting there. Used to walk in the Morton Arboretum daily, which helped keep me sane-ish in difficult times.

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    JanieM

    That first picture — wow. I’d love to visit there. Thanks for expanding my notions of what a botanical garden light show can look like. :-)

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    WaterGirl

    I grew up frequently going to the Morton Arboretum, not knowing how special it was.  I haven’t been since my Dad died, if I went again today it would certainly be seen through different eyes.

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