Constance
@constancereid.bsky.social
Chicago gal. Life-long Democrat. Animal lover.
Our old dog loved fall.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Our old dog loved fall.
#31DaysofGraves "Color" Gravesite of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. The background is a burst of colorful fall foliage.
October 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#31DaysofGraves "Color" Gravesite of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. The background is a burst of colorful fall foliage.
It's National Cat Day today! (29 October)
Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr. (nod to Big Bang Theory)
Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr. (nod to Big Bang Theory)
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It's National Cat Day today! (29 October)
Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr. (nod to Big Bang Theory)
Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr. (nod to Big Bang Theory)
#31DaysOfGraves "Occupation" Grave marker of William Ambrose Hulbert (1832-1882), one of the founders of baseball's National League. He was also president of the Chicago White Stockings team.
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#31DaysOfGraves "Occupation" Grave marker of William Ambrose Hulbert (1832-1882), one of the founders of baseball's National League. He was also president of the Chicago White Stockings team.
#31DaysOfGraves "Column" A column is nice, but 16 are even better. Grave of Palmer family. The two sarcophagi are for Potter Palmer (1826-1902) and his wife Bertha (1850-1918). Three generations of Palmer descendants are buried in the floor. Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#31DaysOfGraves "Column" A column is nice, but 16 are even better. Grave of Palmer family. The two sarcophagi are for Potter Palmer (1826-1902) and his wife Bertha (1850-1918). Three generations of Palmer descendants are buried in the floor. Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.
#31DaysOfGraves "Tree" This grave in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, marks the resting place of George S. Bangs. While serving in the administration of Ulysses Grant, Mr. Bangs developed the railroad mail car. This achievement is memorialized in the base of the stone tree.
October 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#31DaysOfGraves "Tree" This grave in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, marks the resting place of George S. Bangs. While serving in the administration of Ulysses Grant, Mr. Bangs developed the railroad mail car. This achievement is memorialized in the base of the stone tree.
#31DaysOfGraves "Figure" This statue casually sits atop the gravestone of Dr. Christopher Manuel who died suddenly while riding his bicycle along the lakefront (presumed coronary failure). He was only 40 at his death. Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.
October 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#31DaysOfGraves "Figure" This statue casually sits atop the gravestone of Dr. Christopher Manuel who died suddenly while riding his bicycle along the lakefront (presumed coronary failure). He was only 40 at his death. Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.
#31DaysOfGraves "Ornament" This Laredo Taft sculpture, called Eternal Silence, stands over the plot of Dexter Graves' family in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. It is commonly referred to as the Statue of Death.
October 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
#31DaysOfGraves "Ornament" This Laredo Taft sculpture, called Eternal Silence, stands over the plot of Dexter Graves' family in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. It is commonly referred to as the Statue of Death.
More Landscape: There is a small island in the lake at Graceland on which only one person (and family) is buried: Chicago architect and urban planner Daniel Burnham. This photo shows the bridge and the island.
October 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
More Landscape: There is a small island in the lake at Graceland on which only one person (and family) is buried: Chicago architect and urban planner Daniel Burnham. This photo shows the bridge and the island.
#31DaysOfGraves "Landscape" Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. It is also a certified arboretum with fifty varieties of over 2,000 trees.
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
#31DaysOfGraves "Landscape" Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. It is also a certified arboretum with fifty varieties of over 2,000 trees.
#31DaysOfGraves Peter Schoenhofen (1827-1893) Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. It features the unlikely combination of an Egyptian pyramid structure, flanked by a sphinx on the right and a typical Victorian era angel on the left. Suggested that he may have been hedging his bet on the afterlife.
October 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#31DaysOfGraves Peter Schoenhofen (1827-1893) Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. It features the unlikely combination of an Egyptian pyramid structure, flanked by a sphinx on the right and a typical Victorian era angel on the left. Suggested that he may have been hedging his bet on the afterlife.
#31DaysofGraves Stanley Tigerman, Chicago architect. His dates of birth and death are inscribed on the gold cube, his name is on the south and west interior sides. People visiting the cemetery interact with this by moving the smooth stones at its base onto the walls and inside the sculpture.
October 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
#31DaysofGraves Stanley Tigerman, Chicago architect. His dates of birth and death are inscribed on the gold cube, his name is on the south and west interior sides. People visiting the cemetery interact with this by moving the smooth stones at its base onto the walls and inside the sculpture.
My hat for the protest arrived today from the ACLU!
September 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
My hat for the protest arrived today from the ACLU!
During the first Trump term, I was looking for an alternative to watching one of his State of the Union speeches. Cheeky TV listings indeed!
September 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
During the first Trump term, I was looking for an alternative to watching one of his State of the Union speeches. Cheeky TV listings indeed!
Final Fat Bear Week vote tomorrow.
September 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Final Fat Bear Week vote tomorrow.
Ingredients and serving suggestion. No words needed.
September 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Ingredients and serving suggestion. No words needed.
Thugs looking for trouble or just 'tourists' on a Sunday stroll downtown? Somebody tell them Chicago is not a border city. They have no business here.
September 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Thugs looking for trouble or just 'tourists' on a Sunday stroll downtown? Somebody tell them Chicago is not a border city. They have no business here.
He was shorter than her.
September 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
He was shorter than her.
The shortest goon in the squad wanted more trouble and attacked the woman from behind as she was walking away.
September 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The shortest goon in the squad wanted more trouble and attacked the woman from behind as she was walking away.
I can't be the only one who sees a resemblance here.
September 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I can't be the only one who sees a resemblance here.
Does this body make my head look small?
![A large female bear wades in shallow water on the Brooks Falls riverbank in Katmai, Alaska. Photo taken from explore[dot]org cam.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j7ywwmxgcjz5sbyzxncm2rqg/bafkreicimgfc3mgiwb47fowvkd6sj4msorp2uckbfvndudn35tr6a2iuum@jpeg)
August 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Does this body make my head look small?
I remember these as part of my school supplies in grade school.
August 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I remember these as part of my school supplies in grade school.
If I may add, he filled the shelves of a book case with various MAGA/Trump hats and then made a point of showing it off to the European leaders.
August 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If I may add, he filled the shelves of a book case with various MAGA/Trump hats and then made a point of showing it off to the European leaders.