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A Day at Chicago Botanic Garden

  The name is really misleading - Chicago Botanic Garden is really located in Glencoe, IL which is a bit of a drive from where I live, but this is the 2nd time this year that me and Max have gone! (Note: Need membership!)   Today we brought along my friend Shardae who is also a fashion designer! A fun person to bring along. Every time I'm at the Chicago Botanic Garden, there is something new I never knew existed (today being my 3rd time there.) Today I found out that there is 15 acres of prairie grassland out there. How could I have possibly missed that?  There are 24 gardens overall, but the one I tend to spend much of my time in is the Japanese Garden. We actually found a 2nd Zen Garden with an enclosed rooftop, table, and seats which I had never known to exist there today!  Here, Shardae and I are nearby the Waterfall Garden, laughing at our new duck friend taking a bath in the water below.   Japanese...