Remember when it used to be all the rage to dress up ceramic ducks and put them on the porch for decoration? I wonder what ever happened to that fad. And how did they find the little clothes to fit the ducks? Anyway, I have seen TWO recently!!
Soft-footed gliders on the stream,
They ripple morning’s golden gleam.
Wings tucked neat in feathered rest,
In quiet drift, the world feels blessed
Our family came over for fireworks on Monday. Here we are in the kitchen. Our three granddaughters, Me, & Phil.
Here are a few nibbles I had.
I love how the sparklers made trails of falling stars!
A hush, then thunder splits the night,
The sky flares red with fleeting light.
Each bloom above a fleeting shout,
Joy spelled in sparks that flicker out.
Snapping from our T.V., I thought these were the best fireworks. What you see in the background is the New York Skyline. Just about as pretty as the fireworks themselves!
🌆 “The New York skyline
isn’t just steel and glass—it’s a heartbeat in silhouette, rising with dreams
and glowing with grit.”
We saw some amazing fireworks on T.V. We will do our own as a family later this week. Anyway, the ones on T.V. featured some new ones not done before! So I will do maybe two or three posts, divided in categories. These are the ones down low, very close to the water. I had not seen this kind before.
🌙💧
“Light dances in water like memory—shifting, shimmering, never quite the same
twice.”
We went to the grocery store a couple days before the 4th of July. They had a lot of huge 4th balloons.
A donut with a bite out of it!
A Tiki? Not sure what it has to do with the 4th.
And they had some really cute flowers. These Orchids were likely dyed.
“Freedom
floats—red, white, and rising. Each balloon a breath of hope, drifting skyward
on the 4th of July.”
We passed by this house with a cool door-sized 4th Of July poster. But look, they attached it upside down!!! See how the fireworks are under the flag by the ground? I wonder if they ever noticed?
Anyway, I flipped the photo upside down, and this is how it SHOULD look.
"Sometimes
you have to turn the world upside down to see it right side up."
Yesterday I posted the Big Cow and Big Cat in their 4th Of July finery. But there is now a new guy on the block, a real contender. He is only about three blocks away! Can you find him hiding behind the greenery?
It is the Big Man! All dressed up. In fact, he is packing heat! Get a load of the gun he is carrying!
He stands in a front yard with corn growing beside him! You can't get more American than that!
“On
the 4th of July, let’s all exercise our right to wave sparklers around and make
questionable choices!”
Remember when it used to be all the rage to dress up ceramic ducks and put them on the porch for decoration? I wonder what ever happened to...
