For many reasons this is not my favorite holiday. The fact that this happens about 30 feet from my bedroom window is just one of the reasons.
However, these make me happy every 4
th.
And these always make my family happy.
I admit these are pretty.
But the noise triggers my bomb shelter instincts.
I have not stepped outside in years to view these. That is a job left to The Blog Tech.
I huddle in a back room with a loud
tv and wait for the festive attack to end.
The crowds are another downside to this day.
Tomorrow I will be picking up the
refuse from the night that the
jubilant crowd deposits in my trees, bushes and anywhere else they can throw it.
These fireworks confuse Teddy. She thinks anything this loud is a threat, but she can never figure out how to attack them.
So she hangs out with me and the loud tv.
Wherever you are and however you celebrate this day, have a safe and fun time. I am in full Fall mode starting tomorrow!
For many reasons this is not my favorite holiday. The fact that this happens about 30 feet from my bedroom window is just one of the reasons.
However, these make me happy every 4th.
And these always make my family happy.
I admit these are pretty.
But the noise triggers my bomb shelter instincts.
I have not stepped outside in years to view these. That is a job left to The Blog Tech.
I huddle in a back room with a loud tv and wait for the festive attack to end.
The crowds are another downside to this day.
Tomorrow I will be picking up the refuse from the night that the jubilant crowd deposits in my trees, bushes and anywhere else they can throw it.
These fireworks confuse Teddy. She thinks anything this loud is a threat, but she can never figure out how to attack them.
So she hangs out with me and the loud tv.
Wherever you are and however you celebrate this day, have a safe and fun time. I am in full Fall mode starting tomorrow!
Comments
Crowds - shudder
Litter how dare they!
Your food looks scrummy as the norm.
Love Leanne
The food looks delicious!
Have an as Happy Fourth of July as You can!
Christer.
Even though they moved the location last year, they are still fired off close enough to rattle our windows, the glassware in my cabinets,and terrify our kitties.
And, I too have to clean up trash, beer cans and even worse tomorrow morning, and despise the crowds. Two years ago, 4 guys decided that it would be cool to try and "climb" my 8 foot maple sapling, at 2:30 a.m., that I had planted the previous year, breaking the whole main branch of the tree off. .poor thing is very slowly recovering.
Then, we get to do it all over again in two weeks, when a 3 day festival that has grown too big for the area, takes over, culminating in. .you guessed it. .more fireworks.
And the final straw is that 2 years ago, someone in their "infinite" wisdom decided that the proper way to end the tourist season on Labor Day weekend, is with a bang, so now a third fireworks display has become a new tradition.
Each event has a different sponsor, kicking in a competition as to can hold the biggest, and longest.
We may have cooler weather than you, but we pay for it in other ways.
Your food looks luscious, however! (Did you put a dash of rum in that pudding?. .it helps before the fireworks start!)
And please tell the Blog Tech that his photos are awesome! Did he leave the shutter open to catch multiple bursts? In any case, they came out quite striking, and you can enjoy them much longer this way, anyway!
Hope it's nice and quite tonight for you and Teddy.
i was wondering what teddy does....
and you can count me in about FULL FALL MODE tomorrow...it officially begins here too !!!!
happy 4th of july !!!!
and better yet...happy 5th of july
:-)
kary and l'il teddy
Teresa
I'm sorry yours are so close to your house. That for sure isn't good having to deal with rude people leaving trash. Shame that people are so inconsiderate.
Well, cheers to the fall!!!
Happy 4th!!
I have never had the chance to be in the USA for 4th of July, so, yes, I would love to see all that at least once. Then again I don't like the noise either -- and especially if you have pets around.
In any case, happy 4th of July to you and your family! :)