Like it says at the top, I frequently ride my bike to work. I could tell you all the wonderful environmental reasons that I do it, but it is honestly mostly for selfish ones. It keeps me in shape, and it lets me spend time outside on my way to and from work. Last year I started taking a few pictures of whatever struck me the most during each trip. I decided to start sharing them this year instead of keeping them to myself. You can check out my route and gear on the right side of the page. I have two rules for myself to act as the frame to this painting. First, I won't post any photos that I didn't take on my way to or from work, and I won't go out of my way to take a picture of something off the route. Second, I will post photos from summer during the summer months and so on, but it won't likely be on the day they were taken.
All that said, I don't ride when there is deep snow or ice on the path or when it is too dark during my commuting hours, so here is the first photo from this season. The day this was taken was unseasonably warm for February in the Chicago suburbs, and the ice that has been covering the Fox River for quite some time was finally melting. This is a picture of the first signs that we are on our way out of a particularly dark and snowy winter.
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