From the window
I have a favorite place in my new home... curled up on the couch with a book (or at this instance a laptop). My couch sits perpendicular to my front windows and I love staring out at the gently swaying (nearly leafless) trees. Big, old, solid, Chicago trees. They squat in the ground so peacefully by the row of houses I can just make out through the street light. This will be a gorgeous view when there is snow on the ground.
My block is seemingly serene and yet if you walk one block north, you stumble across one of the largest E-W thoroughfares in the city. You skip one block west and you're surrounded by a busy pedestrian-heavy street of shops, restaurants, bars, etc. One block to the east and the L line is gracefully carving it's way towards downtown. Somehow, right in the middle of all this... I have found a bit of peace.
I will have so much to be thankful for this week... starting with this beautiful view of my majestic city out the window.