A special Thank You to all of you in the Military, you Vets,
and your supportive and loving families.
Rainy Day has been busy trying to finish a novel and get it
polished for First Readers in the next month or so, and therefore, Gentle
Reader, she lost track of the time – and the days.
Today is July Fourth, Independence Day, the natal day of
Rainy Day's country. Rainy Day would say 'our' country, but in reading the
stats for this blog, she has discovered people from all over the world read her
blog.
So, today, there will be many gatherings of people for
picnics with barbequed hot dogs and hamburgers, potato salads, pies, and
whatever those folks like best for gatherings. People will play games –
softball, volleyball, croquet, and with the hordes of youngsters, lots of tag and
chase games. As the sky darkens, there will be fireworks.
In Rainy Day's town, we are lucky enough to have a large
river, and the fireworks barge will be there, shooting the fireworks up and
over the river, both for beauty's sake, and to lessen the danger of fires.
There will be lots of drinking of alcoholic beverages, and
the hospital emergency rooms will see an upsurge in fight/shooting/stabbing
victims this night. The local police will see a comparable upsurge in drunk
drivers.
Rainy Day will stay in the safety of her home, and watch the
fireworks on her television. She may or may not indulge in a glass of wine;-)
Rainy Day has pets, and she has neighbors, and some of the
neighbors like to fire off their fireworks (great fun for their kidlets) but
not so much for Rainy Day's pets. They tend to need the reassurance from their
human that they are not in danger. And their human needs the reassurance that
the garden hose is connected and ready – just in case any of those fireworks
end up on her property.
So, today is the national celebration of the birth of our
Nation.
Rainy day would love to have some comments from you, her
Gentle Readers, especially you who are not from the USA, as to when and how you
and your country celebrate your Independence Day.
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| Rainy Day received this photo in an email several months ago, with no attribution, and hesitates to use it here. However, it is such a great photo, she's going to use it. If anyone knows who took it, or where it's from, please let Rainy Day know so she can get permission to use it. |
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