The Duck and Pumpkin Creek Farms features a rubber duck in front of a pumpkin and squash display at Pumpkin Creek Farms in Sherman, Illinois. At the beginning of 2013, I made a resolution to post a weekly photograph of a rubber duck. Because my daughter loved rubber duckies so much, my goal was to […] More
The Duck and Curtis Orchard features a rubber duck in an oversized rocking chair at Curtis Orchard in Champaign, Illinois. At the beginning of 2013, I made a resolution to post a weekly photograph of a rubber duck. Because my daughter loved rubber duckies so much, my goal was to post a picture a week […] More
The Duck and the 1854 Steel Strap Rail features a rubber duck next to a section of steel strap rail at the Rochelle Railroad Park. Many early railroads ran over strap rail, a ribbon of steel installed over a wood rail. At the beginning of 2013, I made a resolution to post a weekly photograph […] More
The Duck and the Rochelle Railroad Park features a rubber duck at the Rochelle Railroad Park in Rochelle, Illinois. Situated in the eastern quadrant of the diamond crossing between the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and BNSF Railway (BNSF) mainlines between Chicago and points west, the Rochelle Railroad Park the first park in the nation built […] More
The Duck and the Hubbard House features a rubber duck in Hudson, Illinois outside the Hubbard House, the boyhood home of American writer and philosopher Elbert Hubbard. At the beginning of 2013, I made a resolution to post a weekly photograph of a rubber duck. Because my daughter loved rubber duckies so much, my goal […] More
Thank you to Bootler for sponsoring the following post. All opinions are my own. I love shopping online and having my purchases delivered to my door. With two young children, going shopping can be quite the hassle. The same is true of going out to eat. Sometimes I just want to order my meals in. […] More
My family and I first visited the Scovill Zoo in Decatur, Illinois back in June 2013. I also took both my kiddos to see the animals last summer. The small zoo originally began as a farm in 1967. Home to 96 species spanning six continents with around 500 animals in residence, Scovill Zoo is now […] More
Three years ago during Memorial Day weekend, my husband and I took our daughter to Springfield, Illinois. Our first stop of the rainy afternoon was the Illinois State Museum. We had planned to take her to the Henson Robinson Zoo, but the weather was just too icky when we arrived in the city. Fortunately, when […] More
Every year in Central Illinois, East Peoria kicks off the holiday season in style with an annual Festival of Lights celebration. Each November, the seasonal festivities begin with the eagerly anticipated Parade of Lights. Then a two-mile journey through a dazzling electric park known as FOLEPI’s Winter Wonderland offers the perfect way to get into […] More
Measles cases continue to grow among babies too young to receive the combination measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. Five infants at a suburban Chicago daycare center have been diagnosed with the disease. Cook County and Illinois public health officials are investigating the cluster of measles cases at KinderCare Learning Center in Palatine, a suburb of Chicago. Lab […] More
On Saturday, my husband and I took our daughter to the Children’s Museum of Illinois in Decatur, Illinois. With our pass that we had bought the weekend before at the Children’s Discovery Museum, we got into the Decatur museum for free. If you have a children’s museum in your area, I highly recommend buying a […] More
