Kites over Lake Michigan

Once again I am very behind in my posting. I have sat down several times to post and something always seems to get in the way. In this post I am back-tracking a bit and posting some photos of the Kite festival here in town on Labor Day weekend. My SIL was visiting that weekend and the weather was perfect even though they were a bit short on wind. The large kites had trouble getting off the ground. This was the only appearance of the teddy bear as he crashed just after being photographed.

This one made it into the air later in the day as I have seen in a friends photos.

The flags had plenty of breeze and are always lovely.

Very patriotic!

They also had a candy drop which my children participated in, however I will not recommend this in the future. They dropped lollipops from a kite which landed in the sand and they children scrambled for. The organizers made sure all the children shared so no one left without candy. Needless to say, said candy was covered in sand because they were slightly buried after they were dropped. After a good rinsing, the kids enjoyed their treats.

Next up: Sputnik fest and a shared bounty.