A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...07-02-04 thru 07-05-04...A Finest 4th of July Celebration!

Mama_Bear

[Mama_Bear]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Celebrating American Independence Day
July 4, 1776




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Happy Birthday, America!

Have a safe and happy 4th of July

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[Mama_Bear]

Great job, Mama_Bear!

Thanks!

I hope your gigantic fireworks display didn't put too big a dent in the Finest's budget. :)

LOL! Well, it shouldn't.....being the frugal (and lazy) bear that I am, I just re-posted the fireworks display from 2002. Saved time and money. ;-)

Happy 4th to you!

[Mama_Bear]

I love the stories (((((((you))))))) tell about the places you've lived and your family. Your grandfather had a church there? The churches in Charleston are just beautiful.....and so many! They say it has been nicknamed the Holy City.

Yes, we should have taken one of the carriage tours, we realized too late. That has to be the best way to tour old Charleston. We took a little tour bus but couldn't really see the houses well and JK couldn't get some of the photos he wanted from inside the bus. But we did have a good, knowledgeable driver who explained the city well. If we ever get back there we will definitely take a carriage tour.

[Mama_Bear]

Hope you had a great time during your vacation, we missed you.

Awwwww.......thank (((((you))))). It's nice to be missed. :-)

Yes, we had a great time. Visited DC, Manassas, VA, drove down Skyline Drive, went to the Luray Caverns, then to Williamsburg, on to Charleston and then up to see my niece and nephew in Charlotte, where JK drove a NASCAR at Lowe's Motorspeedway. We did all this in 10 days! It was non-stop from sun up to sun down. Not a restful vacation, but lots of fun.

[Mama_Bear]

This thread is beautiful, Mama Bear!

Thank you, Kitty Mittens.

I just love your screen name!

[Mama_Bear]

YOU WERE HERE AN DIDN'T LET ME KNOW!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH, sniff, sniff, pout - MAMA BEAR!!!!!!!!

Oh, no!!! I knew you lived in SC, but I didn't know you were actually in Charleston! I would have LOVED to have met up with you while we were there. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!! :-(

DARN! I not only missed the opportunity to meet you, but I also missed Pippin and NicknamedBob when they were looking for us in DC. :-(

I guess we will have to make a point of coming back, and when we do, you can be sure we will look you up!

[Mama_Bear]

Congratulations to the new parents and grandparents. What a joyful time this is for you, Nan!

Pictures, please! :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Oh, boy!!! How I missed my smoooooooooochie hugs!!!

[Mama_Bear]

Forgot to say.....your bear graphic is terrific! : )

Thank you.

[Mama_Bear]

A blessed and happy 4th to you too, Colleen! :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Welcome back Mama ! so good to see you made it back safely. Wonderful fireworks display to start the 4th weekend!

Thank you, (((((Rus))))).

Happy Independence Day!

[LadyX]

Speaking for Cuzzin Dixie, Mama_Bear, she lives in Summerville, just up the road (Northwest) from Charleston. If I remember correctly, you went to Middleton Gardens, and thus were closer to her there than to Charleston!

Yes, my grandfather had a Methodist Church somewhere near The Battery in the mid to latter teens of the 1900's.
My sister Anne's first husband's father was a Charlestonian, and he and his two spinster sisters grew up in the house directly across the alley behind the very famous St. Michael's Church.
(Meeting and Broad Streets in Charleston.)

- Built between 1752 and 1761 -

Anne and Bill had two little girls before he died of polio in the 7th year of their marriage, and the girls inherited a lot of their great-aunts' very old antique furniture.

[Mama_Bear]

Please say a prayer for Kathy, she will be going in for conditioning chemo/radiation next week. Bone marrow transplant is scheduled for the 15th of July.

Prayers going up for Kathy.

[Mama_Bear]

Oh, what a sweet patriotic bear! Thank you, FRiend. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

(Meeting and Broad Streets in Charleston.)

Yes! We were there. We saw that church!

No, we didn't go to Middleton Gardens. The only gardens we saw were at Magnolia Plantation......and they were beautiful!

I have so many photographs but haven't had a spare moment to sort them all. But here is one that JK took of the Magnolia Plantation Gardens....

[MeekOneGOP]

Thank you, Mama_Bear. My weekend is going just fine.

Hope your Independence Day is the best ever.

[LadyX]

Oh, how I love canna lilies!!
They remind me of all those at my home in Florida, growing up,
and my mother - -

Beautiful photograph, jk....

[MoJo2001]

The Star Spangled Banner	The Stars and Stripes Forever
God Bless The USA	Battle Hymn of The Republic
America The Beautiful	Dixie
Yankee Doodle Dandy	God Bless America by Kate Smith
You're A Grand Ole Flag	My Country Tis Of Thee (America)
The Bonnie Blue Flag	There's A Star Spangled Banner..

 

Happy Independence Day everyone!!

May you have a safe and wonderful weekend!!

Just some music above to kick off some festivities.

The WHITE stars have the music.
The BLUE stars have the lyrics.

Enjoy!!


 

[Mama_Bear]

Oh, this is wonderful!! Thank you, MoJo!

[Kitty Mittens]

I can't believe your kitty let himself be bathed without a struggle! My sweet kitty, the Fang-Face, would've never submitted to a bath, I'm sure! : )

[MoJo2001]

I can post some more if you'd like, but I don't want to bog down your thread.