Jennifer Messner

Once upon a Chicago morning

Amazing clusters of #NativePlants Helianthus microcephalus continue to explode into life as long as the weather holds. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #SundayYellow #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

October yellows 🌞

Ryerson Woods

Fall colors, maple tree. iPhone 16 Pro. #photography #fall #autumn #trees

Your Monday Mocha & the latest issue of Inkwell. Excited to have a piece in this beautiful magazine. Good morning, friends.🐶🤎🍁

I love Mondays.

Can we skip *flaps arms* all this and jump straight to Trick or Treating and the Christkindlmarkt [or insert other mood-improving fall event here]? Just a thought. For morale 😂

"YOU ARE WHAT AI WISHES IT COULD BE..." -Timothy Goodman Cortlandt Alley, Tribeca, NYC Captured by my daughter. #fuckai #ai #streetphotography #mobilephonephotography #nyc #graffiti

Out and about, another gorgeous morning in Chicago

Some trees I saw while walking my dog this morning 🌳

The cold clawed at my face with dead man's fingers. Adrian McKinty, Rain Dogs #SundaySentence #booksky

Also on our walk, while admiring the mosaics at MLK High, a parent went out of his way to say hello and share that his child is having a great experience at the school. For families looking, an open house is coming up soon. ❤️❤️❤️

Out and about, HPK is Halloween-ready 🎃🕸️🕷️🧙‍♀️

Takes a bit, might need a refill 😂 but take the survey!

Good night, city

Join us on November 19 to welcome Samantha Harvey to talk about this year's OBOC pick, "Orbital." This year's keynote will be virtual and Harvey will be in conversation with @ala-booklist.bsky.social's Donna Seaman to talk about the book, Harvey's career and more.

A little Emily Dickinson for a lovely start to your day Gift link www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Philanthropy can help but it isn't a solution. Please adequately fund public schools and safety net programs.

Cooper's Hawk hunting the dunes at dawn. Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Chicago. 10.7.2026 #Birds #Raptors #Hawk

Walking the paths of ancient glaciers 🦣 bonus feat. bat boxes

Lessons in infrastructure #chicago

Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to fill out NITA’s 2027 budget survey! This will play a big role in shaping the future of how our transit dollars are allocated — be sure to let them know you want frequent, reliable, modern, and connected service. And maybe…#BuildTheTunnel!

café mucho café

Good morning, Chicago

This morning’s launch viewed from South Carolina #spacesky

As the leaves of trees are said to absorb all noxious qualities of the air, and to breathe forth a purer atmosphere, so it seems to me as if they drew from us all sordid and angry passions, and breathed forth peace and philanthropy. #SundaySentence Washington Irving Bracebridge Hall

Out and about in the neighborhood, a visit to the new Richard Hunt mural #hydepark

Thank you White Sox for an amazing season.

White Sox, I know this hurts right now, but my God the amazement I still have, regardless of how deep y’all got into the postseason, after recent years of spectacularly losing seasons. In my mind you did even better than win the World Series.

Exploring

Today.

Two young American Barn Owl siblings enjoying a pleasant night on Manhattan's Upper West Side. 🦉 🧡 🦉

Happy weekend ☕ #caturday

so I am in China but had a new concrete driveway poured in Minneapolis this morning so I checked the Ring camera and a loose dog walked all over it

LET’S SCORE SOME RUNS

Parallel universes

Phenomenal and oof, gutted 📚💔📚 #booksky

Built 12 tiny Chicago-styles homes. Marathon printing to commence ahead of Open House Chicago. #letterpress @chiarchitecture.bsky.social

Game 2! 🧦🧢⚾

There's Chicken Soup for the Soul and then there's Cream of Mushroom for the Existential Dread.