Perfect Snowflake

Chicago was lucky this year, the snow really just started this week with a spring-like weather even on New Year's Eve. But every Chicagoan knows, snow is bound to come and sure enough, it snows 6 inches in one day.  Two days ago, there were flurries. For the people who had never seen snow, flurries is snowfall, but smaller and lighter. The snowflakes swirl down like feathers, and when there is wind, voila! magic just happens. Its amazingly relaxing to just stand and watch all the flurries fly in a chaotic orchestra. I could take a perfect shot of the snowflake and wanted to share with you guys, here is the picture:

Cloud Gate

If you are ever in Chicago, do not miss visiting the Cloud Gate Sculpture in the Millennium Park. Affectionately called "The Bean" by Chicagoans, the sculpture was designed by Anish Kapoor. He is said to be inspired by liquid mercury. Its unique design summarizes the whole Chicago city in its concave dome, which is one of those mathematical challenges that is as beautiful as Fibonacci's sequence. Here is the picture of the day:

A View from Willis Tower

There is something very scary about standing on a glass window with a glass base, which is 103 floors above the ground! That's what Willis Tower feels like in Chicago, IL. It offers you with both romantic and adventurous experience at the same time and it is one of the must-see places in USA. Here's the picture:

Garden on Shelf

I love my latest project of maintaining a garden through this winter. I just feel great around this shelf garden:

Kids need to park too!

Saw this amazing kid's jeep in the parking lot. Very cute!

Fall Colors and Skyscrapers

No matter how many times you see the fall colors, you are amazed at the nature's beauty, especially if you come from a tropical region, where there is hardly any change in the temperature, give or take a few degrees. The glass skyscrapers reflecting the blue sky midst fall colors was truly breathtaking. I took this picture at lakefront:

Fall Colors on the Chicago River Shore

I never saw downtown so beautiful with the early fall colors setting into the trees on the river shore: