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Kites festival (Tribune photo by Abel Uribe / May 2, 2009) Parents and their children enjoy the sight of a giant kite, while visiting the Annual Kids and Kites Festival at Montrose Harbor. Bolt out of the blue (Tribune photo by Scott Strazzante / May 13, 2009) A lightning bolt pierces through a cloud northeast of Wrigley Field during the Cubs-Padres game in May. One with the garden (Tribune photo by Bill Hogan / September 8, 2009) A stunning Carrie Seacrist stands at her front door pretending she is part of her flower garden during a photo shoot for the Special Spring Sunday Magazine. Acrophobic's nightmare (Tribune photo by José M. Osorio / July 1, 2009) Anna Kane, 5, of Alton, Ill., top, Sophie Allaway, 4, of Glen Ellyn, Ill. (in pink top) and Grace Kane, of Alton, Ill. stare down at the city from The Ledge, a glass enclosure suspended on the outside of the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower. Night at the Joffrey (Tribune photo by Phil Velasquez / November 2, 2009) Young dancers train at the Joffrey School on State Street, next to the Chicago Theatre.

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