Greek festival

15 August 2008 Friday

Today is the start of the annual Greek festival in Lake County, Illinois which will run until Sunday. I stopped by for lunch and had their yummy gyros express and I tries their different sweet treats. Afterwards I walked around and snapped some pictures. The fest just opened so nothing much going on yet but I am sure it will get crowded as day goes by.

the newly built church

religious candles

yummy sweet rolls

spicy cookies

the famous baklava

lady pouring honey to crunchy treats

inflatable fun slide

art fair

religious items

religious items

the dome

god and goddesses statue

souvenir key chains

dolls in costumes

Greek flags

GAP- Greek American Princess

an afternoon at the park

Last Thursday we spent an afternoon at Independence Grove which is about 5 minutes drive from we live. Tara and Alex brought their bikes and enjoyed the ride. They also played in the newly built children's playground. They used up all their energies running around, chasing each other and most of all enjoyed the swing.

Its all about summer, enjoy while it last!

full bloom

Just a continuation of my  summer flower series and macrophotography. I used my Canon 100 mm macro lens on these both autofocus  and manual focus

summer flowers

Time flies so fast, and pretty soon summer will be over. It seems that I can't get enough of these yellow flowers and I have been spending my precious  time chasing these bees just to get a decent shot.