Paula over on the Lovin Elgin blog asks if July 4th fireworks should be held in downtown Elgin:
The FoxFireFest proved that a supreme fireworks show could be held at Festival Park. If any of you were unable to go to the last FoxFireFest….it was spectacular. Especially the fireworks. With all the parking […]
Elgin fireworks display in 2006. Photo by James Jordan
Elgin’s July 4th celebrations starts off with a parade at 9:00 a.m. in downtown Elgin at the corner of Slade and Douglas. The parade’s grand marshall is…Tammy Duckworth! Yes, that Tammy Duckworth, who is now director of the Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs. From 11:00-4:00, a blues […]
This is actually an old picture I took a few years ago at Bluff Spring Fen.
There are said to be two varieties and five native species of blue flag. I believe what’s pictured above–and what grows around here–is Iris virginiana. It has delicate blue and yellow flowers, and grows along rivers and streams. They […]
Go ahead, go to your secret places and gather up the fruits of May.
