![LoyolaParkBeach The beach at Loyola Park in Chicago. It's thawing out, and starting to look really nice.](http://www.ianmonroe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/p2070011-300x225.jpg)
Today’s another pretty nice day. It’s not as beautiful as yesterday, but still pretty nice.
I went and walked around a little bit in Loyola Park, which is actually my backyard.
It’s starting to thaw out, finally, and the park is really great now that it’s a civilized temperature outside.
I wish I had taken my camera out yesterday, when I walked essentially the same route. There was an excellently creepy old snowman that someone built on the beach, probably a month ago. It was dirty and melting, and standing in the sand with weather-worn gloves serving as his snowman hands. The image of a melting, filthy snowman on the beach was kind of horrifying, in a nice way.
Alas, today, the snowman had melted away completely.
![MeltingIce&Birds Birds use the melting icebergs near the shore as landing pads.](http://www.ianmonroe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/p2070001-300x225.jpg)