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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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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Saturday @ Foxfire Fest

Sorry this is so late! I got caught up reading a hilarious blog called cakewrecks (click it!) and spent up my spare internet time not blogging.

On Saturday August 2nd I showed up at Foxfire Fest pretty early to set up the bike corral. I sat there checking bikes in and out from noon to 2 pm. I got there before the radio people.

A fire truck pulled up and fire fighters hooked it up to a hydrant across the street. The water was used for a game where kids sprayed water at a paint can hanging on a string, seeing who could push it farther.

After my bike corral shift I went to listen to Treologic, a hip hop group from Chicago. They were my favorite musical act of the entire Fest. Anyway, here is a video:

Unfortunately, I was one of the only people in the audience. My guess is that is due to three things: 1) the Courier wrote that the first group started at 4 pm on Saturday and 2) the City of Elgin probably doesn’t know how to promote to hip hop fans 3) 2 pm is way too early for music that mostly attracts young people.

After Treologic I went home and took a nap, which unfortunately caused me to miss Starship. I made it back in time for Blues Traveler, of which I am what you might call a fair weather fan. If they come to my city and play for free, I’ll check em out. Here’s a video:

Finally, the fireworks! Video:

Tags: bicycling, bikes, Blues Traveler, Chicago, Elgin, festival, fire truck, fireworks, Foxfire Fest, hip hop, IL, Illinois, music, photos, Treologic
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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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Life in Elgin Photos of the Week, July 6 - 12

Here are the Life in Elgin flickr pool photos (all photos taken in Elgin, by people who are not me) taken July 6 -12. Click the photo to go to its flickr page.

Photo by jstreetzine

Photo by suraiya773

And here are a couple really cool older ones that trickled in recently:

Photo by b24chicago

Photo by James Jordan

Tags: Big Timber Station, Elgin, flickr, Fox Theatre, Gail Borden Library, Gasthaus, IL, Illinois, Marcus, Metra, photography, photos
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