Ahhh…Spring!
Surprisingly, here in Chicago the weather has taken a turn for the best…3 consecutive days in the 80’s. I wanted to be sure to get out and enjoy the weather since I’m usually trapped indoors with either no windows or windows that look out on bricks. So yesterday was spent at The Morton Arboretum I had never been there before yesterday and what a fabulous place it is! Founded by Joy Morton, the guy (yes guy…) who founded the Morton Salt company. He bought the land out in Lisle, IL as a home in the country. Weird to think that at one point that suburb was considered country. But back in the 1920’s that was all farmland. Morton’s dad is the founder of Arbor Day. Morton loved trees and turned that farmland into a bit of a foresty looking kinda place now. It was so beautiful though. The trees and the fields filled with daffodils. I’m seriously considering becoming a member of the Arboretum just so I can go and hang out in a giant back yard.
Seriously, consider an afternoon spent at the Morton Arboretum walking the nature trails, with a picnic lunch… See, the suburbs do have wonderful things…other than IKEA
