earth day fun..

Foster Beach

Sunday lunch in Lincoln Square

Used bookstore exploring 

western // brown line

Picnic with friends at the beach in celebration of Earth Day, and my nineteenth birthday on Monday. 

Heelllo 60 degree weather, it's lovely to see you

And happy birthday to Lauren(the brunette on the left), as well! Yay birthday twins

yaay fruit, bread, cupcakes, beaches, sun, and picnic buddies 

Rachel 

Daniel's Mexican Food

Kellie Rock "of Ages"

Kayla

soccer in the warm haze 

Foster Beach

 Andrea and a scary furnace at an open mic night 

A fine birthday/earth day celebration indeed!
  -h

Foster Avenue sunset

zoo fun...

After the massive flood we experienced last week, we're finally warming up here in Chicago and were are finally having Spring

a fairly swollen portion of the Chicago River 

Given the lovely weather over the weekend, we decided to go to the Lincoln Park free zoo

Eating candy and writing haikus in Finnish on the train

Not pictured: Red Mango that was consumed minutes prior to making this picture

Finally, we arrived at the promised land

A what a view that land had!

Could it be? Spring blooming?

How many animals are in this shot?

Sara

An anxious little guy

More anxious little guys

Some more monkeys

and even more monkeys

Unfortunately most of the big cats were off display for dinner time

And this little guy was really into that... carcass 

as was she

Color Theory 101

Can giraffes touch their... hooves?

SPRINGTIME YA'LL

No polar bear, either...

But it's ok, I think Sakari and Lauri have polar bears at home in Finland  

and Molly's cupcakes for dessert 

a great afternoon was had by all! (I think... and hope)

that's all she wrote...

-h

idag...

spring cleaning, relaxing outdoors, and taking nature walks... 

ahhh, april

I moved rooms at the beginning of the semester -- this double is thankfully slightly more roomy than my former 7' x 11'' single last semester

some things 

lovely spring light pouring in 

Saara... Our rooms are no longer next door to each other. However, we still can poke out our windows and see each other 

river park waiting to burst forth into bloom

Sara

after a drab Chicago winter, this 70 degree weather calls for headstands, outdoor naps, and frisbee on the hump... 

and hooping, of course

that's all for now. I will be posting spring break photos soon... I'm just waiting on some of the 35mm to be processed.

-h