Life in Elgin Photos of the Week, August 3 - 9

Here are the Life in Elgin flickr pool photos of the week, taken August 3 - 9 by members of the flickr group. Click each photo to go to its flickr page.

Photo by James Jordan

Photo by talekinker

Photo by James Jordan

Photo by GtrGeorge

Photo by XPHALCON

Tags: alley, bicycles, bicycling, bikes, blueberries, Elgin, flickr, IL, Illinois, Judson University, photography, photos, stairs, storm, tower
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I hope I don’t get a ticket!

I’ve heard roadies (nickname for serious road bicyclists) brag about times they’ve ridden so fast they’ve actually been breaking the law by going over the speed limit. I could never relate until now! And I present to you, Symphony Way:

Tags: bicycles, bicycling, bikes, Elgin, IL, Illinois, photo, photography, speed limit
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Letterboxing!

On Sunday I went Letterboxing. I got the idea from this article in the Courier. A friend and I went followed this clue to a forest preserve I never knew existed–Voyager’s Landing.

We had to climb up and down a lot of small yet steep hills to get to the hidden box.

Finally, a letterbox!

It had lots of stamps in it from other people who had found it over the past two years.

There were two boxes hidden, but we only found one. We weren’t sure what “a sleeping giant” in the clue referred to–another tree?

Tags: Elgin, forest preserve, fun, letter box, letterbox, letterboxing, nature, outdoors, photography, photos, Voyager's Landing
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The moon loomed large last night

I almost didn’t take any photos of the moon because my camera wasn’t on me. Then I said to myself, “Jessica, it’s 9 pm. If you can’t muster up the energy to run into your apartment, grab your camera, then drive half a mile down the street to get a good photo of the moon, you’re getting OLD.”

I would’ve just walked the half mile, but someone threw a rock (or something equally heavy) at my car while I was driving down that stretch of road to get the camera. Plus it was past dark. I’ll just admit it: I was scared.

“Luna” means moon. That’s where the word “lunatic” comes from. If I wanted to be really cheesy I would’ve titled this “The luna loomed large last night.” Or “The lunatic loomed large last night.” The lunatic being the person who threw something at my car–not me!

If I was an artist I’d say these photos get crazier to show the moon’s effect on people. But I’m not an artist so I’ll tell the truth–I couldn’t get a clear photo so I just had fun with it.

Tags: Elgin, Grove, IL, Illinois, Kimball, moon, nature, outdoors, photography, photos
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Life in Elgin Photos of the Week, July 27 - August 2

Here are the Life in Elgin flickr pool photos of the week, taken July 27 - August 2 by members of the flickr group. Click each photo to go to its flickr page.

Photo by feine_ironie

Photo by James Jordan

Photo by feine_ironie
Word on the street is that the City of Elgin made the car wash take this sign down…
UPDATE: Click here for a Daily Herald article on this sign. The City of Elgin asked the car wash to take it down, and they did, but apparently not because the City wanted them to.

Tags: bunny, car wash, cookies, Elgin, flickr group, flickr pool, IL, Illinois, Life in Elgin, photo, photo of the week, photography, rabbit
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Life in Elgin Photos of the Week, July 13 - 19

Here are the Life in Elgin flickr pool photos of the week, taken July 13 -19. Click each photo to go to its flickr page.

Photo by James Jordan

Photo by fakebook

Photo by feine_ironie

Tags: beetle, Elgin, flickr, Gasthaus, group, IL, Illinois, Life in Elgin, Metra station, photography, photos
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