I hope whatever is with your leg and toes gets resolved and healed way before your September trip, Charade.
Sue, that sounds like a perfect place to live. Where I am, they do the fireworks in our township’s senior high school field. We live less than a mile from it. When the kids were young, we would walk up to see them close. We can see most of them from our home. We also have a parade that has been since the town where I am has had it for almost 100 years. It goes along the main route that is a block from my home. When the kids were young, we’d walk to that one, that goes at dinner time, and drive, mid morning, to another one in a bordering township, as that one threw candy significantly more then the one near me. So much candy, we learned to take bags for the kids to put the candy in. I didn’t have any pockets or my pockets were not very big, so we all had to carry it. Now, once in awhile little one wants to see that earlier parade. Rarely do we see the one next to us, lately, either. Regardless, we will hear the local fire companies trucks blowing their horns, and the bands marching in it too as it goes by, Borh the parades and fireworks bring the crowds, lots of people. Iif we go out, we make sure we park two of cars next to our driveway, and use the one in the driveway. Any open parking spots along my cul de sac will be taken by around an hour or so before the parade starts. And if we go out, the main road is closed by mid afternoon, so more traffic on the road that crosses it, where I live off of, so I doubt we will go anywhere other than leaving just after lunchtime.
Ah up at that early hour. DH ran over to do some more cleaning of his mom’s house. At some point, they will sell it. It needs a freshening up, and a good cleaning out of stuff, enough a dumpster should be used.
Then by lunchtime, DH should be back, then we’ll get ready to be in that lazy and snacking, and food coma afternoon. We always bring ice cream treats. We pick them up on our way, as even when we have our family picnic on the actual holiday. Our grocery stores are open on the July holiday, just maybe have shorter hours when on the holiday. And so, no need to buy, to keep in our freezer, then hope not to melt too much, to put in my sister’s. This way, we have a hot or cold keeping bag in my car. Will bring it into store, buy the ice cream, put in bag and go. The store we go to is only about 10 or so minutes drive from my sister. So always easy, and of course, we try one of the treats as we dump them out of their boxes.
So as my phone flashes severe weather warnings for the next 24 hours, it’s gloriously sunny. And warm. 73 out and oh so muggy. And windy. Thankfully the wind blew that fire smoke away, so no air quality issues today. Well, older one still medicating, pollen still in the air.
Leaving with what was seen yesterday. Sister was out and about and in the drive, saw a brown bear hanging on the side rail, looking straight at them. They said it then ran away. Yeah, we have both brown and black bears, but rarely see them, as they stick to the forest near her. Then when at sister’s we were sitting at pool, and a mom deer came along with two small and spotted fawn. Yep, even where I live, you can see our white tailed deer. Then, my sister has a hanging flowered plant that is a favorite of hummingbirds. And sure enough, as sitting near it, we saw a hummingbird come to the flowers. Yay even this much North, we still have hummingbirds in the summer. Have not seen many of them, so always a treat to see one. The ruby-throated one is the most common, it comes in the spring to mate and then migrated to warmer parts by late summer or early fall. And four other kinds also sometimes visit our area. But the one we saw was that most common, beautiful ruby-throated one.
So with wildlife news, weather news, and our family plans for today, my family wishes all a most happy and lazy Sunday today. And my family always has so much food, you are all welcome to come.
Woot! Still the weekend.
He was so good. Took over his dads business. 
so park won’t be closed early! 
