Now I enjoy these big events like the fireworks.  You see tons of people from all walks of life mingling together, enjoying the event.  You see old friends, you meet new people.  All in all, it never fails to amuse.

But there is this other side to things.  There is always a lull in the activity, when you are waiting for the fireworks to start and that’s when I tend to get a lot of good shots.  Also, it’s night time and that really changes everything.  Like this shot of this little girl waving the flag.  It wouldn’t look half as surreal if it were day time:

And it will get yet more dream like from here on out.  Of course at these big things, people sell all kind of glowing sticks and necklaces that actually last about 10 minutes.  But who cares.  The sellers make for great photos:

And this tree.  It also gets more dream like when you see this at night: