It's Positively May!

by Mauverneen

April showers bring May flowers. From the sight of the first crocus to the fragrant lilacs and lilies of the valley, we know spring is here! While I do love seeing all those colorful blossoms and catching whiffs of their wonderful fragrances, the birds are also harbingers of summer’s pending arrival.
 

Positively The Jewel of Joliet

by Mauverneen

Joliet, Illinois is a blue collar town. Steel mill, railroad yards, barges on the canal kind of town. We have a state prison, a minor league baseball team, two casinos and a Nascar track.
 

And we have the Rialto Theatre.

Rialto esplanade, looking towards the rotunda