Happy Independence Day!

This is, without a doubt, one of my favorite holidays. Memorial Day and Veterans Day, along with President Lincoln’s birthday and Presidents’ Day are the others. To me, Inauguration Day should be a federal holiday. But that is my opinion.

Yesterday was a washout with varying temperatures and intermittent rain showers and thunderstorms…

…and morons plowing the fireworks loudly in our neighborhood. “But if they’re setting them off responsibly…” Is 11:45 PM responsible?  No. It is not. Set off a few before 10 PM and be done. One responder to a Facebook comment from a lady who also has five dogs, said, “Well, if you didn’t get dogs, you wouldn’t need to worry about fireworks.” After looking through his profile, I could have offered the same sentiments about his reproductive rights as he’s obviously raising a litter with the same trained mentality.

Tomorrow will be a day of celebration but by evening, once the area fireworks conclude, the loud booms will continue for several more hours, several more days, and several+ weeks. It is impossible to sit on the deck as the dogs want to be with me but are terrified of the explosions.

At some point today, I shall watch the movie musical, 1776, an annual tradition. I first saw the musical with my parents in 1969 in New York City and still vividly recall its magic.

“When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary…”

Make it a great day!