The Dream of Flight - Scenes from The 2014 Chicago Air and Water Show

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 Rehearsal day at Chicago's Air and Water Show.  A photoessay, after the break . . .

First Warm Day in April

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In which the long winter has left even the trees with frayed nerves, and the branches of the ferris wheel still mostly unbloomed.

 

 

 

 

 

Last Day of Summer

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Air and Water Show!

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Chicago Air and Water Show 2012, Saturday and Sunday, August 18 and 19, 10:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m., North Avenue Beach.

See a photo portrait of Friday's rehearsal after the break.

Bummed by Chicago's Sub-Zero Cold? We Give You the Cure. (you can thank us later)

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So as the winds howl, your teeth chatter, and frozen extremities begin to grow brittle and drop off, just keep thinking about the feel of warm sand between your toes.  The path's almost at hand . . .

A Summer Day's Odyssey in Chicago, October, 2010

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click Read More after the fourth picture to see photographs for the entire journey