My car registration is due in July and this is the year for its emissions test, so we went to the Waukegan testing station Monday. The car passed the test but the computer system to renew registrations was down. Rather than hang around we headed south to Greenbelt.
There are trails on both sides of Green Bay Road. This time we went to the west.
From upper right rattlesnake master, which has such other-worldly flowers! St. John's wort, eastern bottle brush grass. early goldenrod ("early" is part of the name, and it is!), a buried wheel rim likely from the time this was mostly a dumping ground. (The website tactfully says "Greenbelt has felt the effect of 150 years of settlement.")
Also from the website: "Greenbelt sits atop the sub-continental divide, marked by Green Bay Road. Rain falling on the east side of Green Bay Road h. eads for the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but rain falling on the west side heads for the Gulf of Mexico."
....And the car registration? I went online and renewed it.
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I used several different lights for the background.
Linking up with Midweek Makers and Wednesday Wait Loss
Looks like the right people have returned Greenbelt to a beautiful place for a hike! Your scrappy mountain blocks are great in Christmas colors, too. I'm always amazed at how quickly you piece together a good-sized quilt top (because I know you like to read and go for walks, too)!
ReplyDeleteYour visit to Greenbelt looks cool and delicious. Loving your Christmas quilt! You'll have this done in time for the season for sure. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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yes scrappy mountain is perfect...i love it in most any colorway....
ReplyDeleteLove this one Nann.
ReplyDeleteChristmas Majesties looks wonderful. I don't know how you plow through quilt tops so quickly but you make it sound easy!
ReplyDeleteThe Greenbelt looks like a lovely spot to spend some time.
ReplyDeleteYour latest quilt top looks so pretty and definitely Christmas'y (and yes, Christmas in July is so a thing!).
You find the best hiking spots. Christmas Mountain Majesties is looking good.
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