SHE SAID: OK, now you can show some of your 300 pictures from our whirlwind weekend in Chicago with the garden bloggers.
View from our hotel room: Sears Tower.
Millennium Park: Contemporary sculpture from China by Zhan Wang.
Chicago Botanic Garden: Just a little off the sides.
Lincoln Park Conservatory: Cycas circinalis.
Millennium Park: Contemporary sculpture from China by Chen Wenling.
Carolyn Gail's neighbor: Sweet Home and Jeep Chicago.
Chicago Botanic Garden: Waiting for Klimt.
Lincoln Park Conservatory: My pink heaven.
Carolyn Gail's garden: Angel with lattice.
Ginkgo Community Garden: Vine with lattice.
W. Adams: Reflecting on the walk to our hotel from Lurie Garden.
Chicago Botanic Garden: President Obama on the White House balcony.
Millennium Park: The city in 'The Bean.'
Art Institute of Chicago: Unknown poppy in the Michigan Avenue garden.
Chicago Botanic Garden: Conifer cones ready to launch.
Lincoln Park Conservatory: Koi pond.
Millennium Park: A last look.
Rick Bayless' garden: Bloggers line up to peek at the compost bin of the rich and famous.
THEY BOTH SAID: Thanks to everyone involved in Chicago Spring Fling for all their hard work; for organizing so many events and bloggers, for keeping us all on schedule, entertained, informed, and very well-fed! We're looking forward to seeing all of you in Buffalo next year!
Great set of images. And, ooo, Buffalo in 2010. Close to home!
Posted by: Helen at Toronto Gardens | Monday, June 01, 2009 at 09:42 PM
Nice shots but that last picture is hilarious! Looks like a great time.
Posted by: Erin | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 03:42 AM
More please! If you have 300 photographs, this was just a tease. Thanks, Linda. Susan
Posted by: Susan Sobol | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 06:03 AM
Linda: So happy to meet you and see Chicago through your eyes! Glad to hear you both got home safely and now, back to gardening.
Posted by: Layanee | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 06:54 AM
Linda, I loved getting to meet you both! Didn't we have a great SF! Your photos capture the trip perfectly and I loved the garden next to Millennium Park with the poppies, too! gail
Posted by: Gail | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 10:33 AM
It was a pleasure to meet you both! I've around 300 photos also and will be culling through them for quite a while - enjoying the posts & photos of others. I've been so busy since I got back I've not had much time for posting. You've got a collection of some very unique shots I'm sure no one else has.
So, still posting five times a week?
Posted by: Jim/ArtofGardening.org | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 10:57 AM
I took more than 400 photos and will be posting about SF all week, probably. Loved seeing your pics, Mark. More please!
Posted by: Pam/Digging (Austin) | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Pam, Jim, and everyone — It was great to meet you all in person. It will make reading your blogs a different experience from now on. Mark is working on a slide show. And, yes, still posting 5 times a week but I have a strong feeling that is about to come to an end.
Posted by: LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLD | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 11:18 AM
I love not only your selection of photos but the obvious talent of the photographer. It was great to meet you and Mark and I hope we meet again. Good luck on the job search!
Posted by: Jean | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 03:05 PM
I thought I left a comment - I remember noticing the name Zhan Wang (like Jackie Chan's character in "Shanghai Noon"). Anyway, it was great meeting you both in Chicago. I'm glad we had a chance to talk on the bus.
Posted by: Mr. McGregor's Daughter | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 06:40 PM
Hi Mark and Linda, what Pam said. :-)
Frances
Posted by: Frances | Wednesday, June 03, 2009 at 06:18 AM
Wow, I only took a couple hundred, but none I am sure, as good as yours. It was great meeting you two; you are just as cool as I knew you would be.
Glad we can welcome you back to Buff next year Linda.
Posted by: eliz | Friday, June 05, 2009 at 11:16 PM
A nice sampling of photos. I think it is funny I took almost the same photo in Carolyn's garden of the cherub on the fence. Wasn't the detail on all of the buildings in the RR garden amazing. Obviously a labor of love for the man who creates those buildings for them.
Posted by: Lisa at Greeenbow | Saturday, June 06, 2009 at 06:00 AM
Nice to meet you both and thanks for the great photos and story .
I'm sorry to say that the one you made of the jeep in the front yard is a sad case of an abandoned property due to bankruptcy. His son collected antique and odd vehicles.
With this economy god only knows how long we will have to look at the blight of this once beautiful home and garden .
Posted by: carolyngail | Saturday, June 06, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Lisa — those railroad buildings were quite amazing. I was glad we went in and saw that set up.
Carolyn — Your neighbor's house really brings home the reality of this economic mess we're in. This post is related and might interest you:
http://eachlittleworld.typepad.com/each_little_world/2009/04/100-abandoned-houses.html
Posted by: LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLD | Monday, June 08, 2009 at 10:07 AM