4 July - Enjoy!

[mimitabby]

the 4th of july is not my favorite holiday. It was fun to see other cyclists out with flags on their bikes!!!!

but what ISN'T fun is the fireworks that people set off illegally here, night after night and especially on the 4th. They wait until we are in bed then they go out and BOOOM BOOM BOOM. On the 4th it was until 3am!!!! and then someone got revenge and got up at 6 am and let some off. Gee, thanks. It's nice when they get bored or run out of fireworks. I shouldn't complain, they used to shoot guns off instead.

ON the other hand, I live on a short dead end street. We have all nice neighbors and had a picnic. A multicolor multiethnic picnic! it was wonderful.
People who have been driving by each other for 20 years finally spoke to each other and shared each other's food. That's what We did for the 4th of July.

[Crankin]

It rained on the morning of the fourth here, so we took a walk and then went to friend's for a BBQ. When we got home around 9, we watched the Pops on TV, the fireworks, and caught a few glimpses of the fireworks from the neighboring town.
I live in the place where it all started, so the 4h of July is really celebrated here. We are a real "small town" kind of place, so there's a parade, etc. I never really felt like it was the 4th of July when I lived in AZ.
I did wear red, white, and blue on Friday and Saturday when I was at parties. I feel a little more patriotic since my son is in Iraq, but generally, I do not go for big displays of this stuff. But, I also love early American history.

[smilingcat]

A friend of mine from across the pond sent to me that said to the effect.

"We have no hard feelings. Happy Birthday USA, love mum"

[ClockworkOrange]

Cheers for all the replies, that was good, everybody did things very differently, much like when we celebrate things over here.

I am one of those who does not have very much family, so it must be so good to have a 'whole bunch' of cousins etc and all meet up.

Thank you for taking the time to tell me.


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