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show must go on....

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:11:30 -0700

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Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on....

Mandir

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:43:03 -0700

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#295 Explore 29th May 2009!
Have no words to thank you all!
Moczkos, I owe you :D

to the gate

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:28:20 -0700

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yellow kayak

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:29:32 -0700

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Actually there was only one person in the kayak, but beacuse she was moving v fast looks like there were two persons.
Fabyan's Forest Preserve, Geneva, IL

my brown pelican is better than yours

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:12:42 -0700

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Witches Gulch sunset

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:51:59 -0700

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Pewit's Nest

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:45:14 -0700

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"Pewits Nest State Natural Area is a nature reserve of Wisconsin, USA, that includes a deep gorge formed during the retreat of the last glacier. Pewits Nest is outside of Baraboo in Sauk County. At one time a waterwheel and mill were located on the site and "an individual lived in the solid sandstone, like a gnome in a cavern.The name of the site was a result of early settlers calling it "Peewit's Nest" after the abode, ten feet above a deep pool of water, resembling the nest of a phoebe (or peewit, an earlier name for this bird).
The water-wheel once turned lathes for repairing or manufacturing equipment, but no evidence of it remains. Pewits Nest is owned by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and was designated a State Natural Area in 1985."

Matthiessen State Park

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:48:04 -0700

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clematis

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:41:45 -0700

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Cantigny April 2010

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:57:33 -0700

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gone

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:41:47 -0800

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"Seems like it was yesterday when I saw your face
You told me how proud you were, but I walked away
If only I knew what I know today...

I would hold you in my arms, I would take the pain away
Thank you for all you've done, forgive all your mistakes
There's nothing I wouldn't do to hear your voice again
Sometimes I wanna call you but I know you won't be there

Oh, I'm sorry for blaming you
For everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself by hurting you

Some days I feel broke inside but I won't admit
Sometimes I just wanna hide 'cause it's you I miss
And it's so hard to say goodbye when it comes to this...

Would you tell me I was wrong? Would you help me understand?
Are you looking down upon me? Are you proud of who I am?
There's nothing I wouldn't do to have just one more chance
To look into your eyes and see you looking back

If I had just one more day
I would tell you how much that I've missed you
Since you've been away"

the river of dreams

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:47:01 -0700

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In 1835 Elder John and Nancy Oatman established a tavern and a store that became the core of the community. Others settlers came, and in 1837 they held a lottery to determine who would name the town. Alexander Gardiner won and named the town Dundee in honor of his Scottish hometown. In 1843 Scotsman Allan Pinkerton, later the renowned detective, set up business as a cooper. The town was incorporated in 1867, four years before East Dundee.

West Dundee was hemmed in from development for years. The river formed a natural eastern barrier. To the north and west, the D. Hill Nursery, founded in 1855 by William Hill, specialized in fruit trees. The business grew to include evergreens, some of which were sent to Chicago for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. Expanding to 900 acres, the nursery survived the Great Depression by running a cattle feed operation that continued through World War II. Some of the thousands of seasonal workers traveled to work from Chicago by electric car, while the majority lived on the nursery grounds.

In the 1950s a segment of the Hill property East of Illinois Route 31 was sold and turned into the Highlands subdivision, which was annexed into West Dundee in 1956. The community also annexed property west of Illinois Route 31 in 1957, Royal Lane in 1960, and the Old World subdivision in 1966. The nursery eventually sold all of its land and moved to McHenry. Plans for the Spring Hill Mall on Hill's land began in 1973 and the project was completed in 1980. The 1.1 million-square-foot mall's retail sales boosted West Dundee's economy and created an estimated 1,600 jobs by 1982. New subdivisions were built to the west of Spring Hill. The remaining land south of Illinois Route 72 had been separately incorporated as Sleepy Hollow in 1958.
West Dundee, IL
"Over the years there have been efforts to merge West with East Dundee, the village just across the Fox River. A 1956 referendum was approved by East Dundee but rejected by West Dundee. West Dundee approved a 1962 referendum, but East Dundee rejected it. Each town's retention of individuality dates back to their early days, when West Dundee's Scottish and English heritage kept it apart from its German neighbors."
www.wikipedia.org

bokehfall

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:27:43 -0700

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tranquility

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:35:21 -0700

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6

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:20:31 -0700

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quiet moment

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:25:49 -0700

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gorilla

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:03:48 -0700

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dignity

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:40:17 -0700

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before the storm

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:51:22 -0700

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fall navigation

nobody@flickr.com (katebartnik) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:03:40 -0700

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