James Buchanan

James B. is in the bottom of the spectrum in terms of ostentation of his burial site (along with Calvin Coolidge and Franklin Pierce). Interestingly, Franklin Pierce was the president just before Buchanan, and both were seriously over shadowed (in effectiveness as president and in the lavishness of their burials) by A. Lincoln who followed after.













Buchanan died as a multimillionaire, and could have afforded a much more lavish tomb.

Chicago Botanic Gardens...

...in the spring, with a macro filter.

Someone isn't going to be happy...

...they left their van with its lights on. Now it's covered with snow. It's been snowing all day in Chicago, this could have been here for a few hours. I hope it's not parked for the night.

New England gets a big dose of post-Christmas snow

I was in Massachusetts after Christmas, we got about 20 inches of snow, not as bad and paralyzing as New York but a big storm nonetheless. Snow is fun the first month or so of winter, after that it gets really old and spring can't come soon enough.

Cats like cozy spaces...

...like tents.








Elvis needs his alone time.