Siobhan Connaghan

834pm - Light Show on Saturday in Chicago. #weather #chicago #lightning #news #ilwx #storm

April 28 - 1869: U.S. - Chinese and Irish laborers laid 10 miles of railway track in one day on the first Transcontinental Railroad ~ a feat never matched. #history

There's really no need for a caption here. We'll let the cherry blossoms take care of the poetry. 🌸🌸🌸🌸 Pics from this morning by National Park Service. #CherryBlossom #BloomWatch

11 hours until the pumpkin turns back into a Jack O’lantern 🕰🎃❗️ REDUCED PRICE until midnight #printmakingforthepeople 👉🏿 chemaskandal.org 👈🏼

Popular photos of Pilsen in the '90s is now in a permanent collection at Harold Washington Library. buff.ly/3GhvYk5

Ravenala madagascariensis, aka Traveler's Tree from Madagascar. It’s named this bc the base of the leaves hold rainwater which can be used as an emergency water supply for travelers - & the fans usually grow on an east to west line which can be used as a crude compass.

📚 CTU Librarians shared some of our favorite new books with colleagues today! 📚 @CTULocal1 educators from K to 12 shared books they ❤️ to use with our @ChiPubSchools students. We’re still working. #lorilockout #cpslibrarians @aasl

If you’re looking for a game to pass a cold winter day, how about tic-tac-toe? Nature tic-tac-toe, that is! It’s the same classic game with a rustic twist; you can collect all the materials from nature to create a board and playing pieces! #natureplay

With a low temperature of -1 °F this morning, Chicago logged the first sub-zero temperature of the season! The last time the temperature was below zero was 2/14/2021 with a low temperature of -5 °F. Chicago typically logs about 8 mornings per year with lows below zero. #ilwx

When you walk into our Desert House, you can find this magical plant. Its name is Crested Euphorbia and it’s native to India. Did you know you can grow this as a house plant? Anyone have one? The scientific name is Euphorbia lactea cristata 'Variegata'. (1/2)

@geneluenyang our 9th graders are enjoying reading American Born Chinese. Question: how long did it take you to write and publish this book?

Fluttering into this weekend like these monarch butterflies on our Purpletop Vervain (scientific name Verbena bonariensis.) There are so many monarchs in the Artist’s Garden today! Omg. Who’s spending time in nature this weekend?

A byproduct of the pandemic was a renewed connection to nature. Thank you to the @Suntimes for including the Garfield Park Conservatory as a spot to check out to get your nature/outdoor fix! chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/7/22588…

Relative to a Schoolroom Globe… Planet Mars is a mile away (1.6 km). The Moon is 30 feet away (10 meters). The International Space Station orbits 3/8th of an inch (1 cm) above the surface. Branson & Bezos this month ascend the thickness of two dimes (2 mm) above the surface.

Dry weather will persist through Thursday with temperatures generally a few degrees below normal. Warmer and more humid temperatures will arrive for the weekend along with intermittent chances for showers and thunderstorms starting Thursday night. #ILwx #INwx

Garden is growing well! #dotheveg #gardening #growityourself #organicgarden

Welcome to the 2021 exhibit celebrating black art in the Artist’s Garden, Still Life in Real Life: Charles Ethan Porter. The 29,000 sq. ft. garden is filled w/the fruits & flowers found in the paintings of African American artist Charles Ethan Porter. garfieldconservatory.org/visit

Wolf Road Prairie by Howard Greenblatt. #nature #forestpreserve #prairie

Did you know there are hundreds of places in and around Chicago to experience great nature? With the Openlands Get Outside Map, enjoy nature however you want. Openlands.org/GetOutside