As a Chicago native VIII captured a lot.
Here are few other things:
The first warm day in spring, our short range gardens that include tulips, poppies, and beautiful exotic irises. Pussy willows and oh the joy of sweet Lilacs.
We love the first bar-b-que, the first day you can wear shorts, drag out the deck furniture, and open all the windows to air out the house from winter.
We love our beautiful (ugly) tomatoes. Fireflies, and summer "fests" down at Lake shore Drive.
The sweet soft grass that only grows in the North, not the stuff, I still consider crab grass in Florida. It's grass you can roll in, take a nap on, and never have one insect bite your butt.
Long summer nights, that are so precious.
(Just a few of this Northerner's favorite things)
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