Posted on 07/01/2005 10:04:57 AM PDT by DollyCali
Actually I am just going to check my fire again & have a long soak in tub.. will check back afterward....I think the others are either very busy or very asleep!
(((hugs))) Goodnight All!
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Your thread was a blast Dolly! (parden the pun):)) Enjoyed all the neat graphics you made.
Great photo, Dolly -- I love it!
Thanks so much for having me in on this thread, and putting up with my keyboard spasms, and way past deadline -- I really appreciate it, and I enjoyed all your wonderful July 4 histories, graphics, and thoughts.
Chongster, always fun to play and laugh with you! I hope your Summer is going super, and all that TX heat hasn't combined with all that TX beer to make you too dizzy. Then again, I wish nothing but this state of mind...!
Spent the 4th in Baltimore with my Parentals, my kids, and my g****friend, who hooked us up with harbor-view rooms. We watched the fireworks from the hotel roof, with a perfect view over a great spectacle. It was a perfect show: wasn't too fancy, and wasn't in any way lame. They shot high-flying fireworks from across the harbor that could be seen from downtown Baltimore as well as from Ft. McHenry (most appropriately). At the same time they launched some low-level, loud, missile-like boomers from a barge planted just off the Inner Harbor. That one was cool -- bam! bam! bam! bam! bam! I loved it.
Oh, and we fulfilled a long fantasy of mine to play tennis on top of a building. (I think that one came from the book, Go Dog! Go!..., which has corrupted my life ever since I was three.) My kids, of course, "lost" a few balls over the roof's edge.
We're off to magnificent Maine for the rest of the Summer. I'll try to check in now and then, so please ping as ever -- I always appreciate it.
Well, thanks again, and best to you both, and to all. Happy Glorious Fourth!
PS Great bonfire!
I wonder how you ever find tiome to do all this when I know how busy you are otherwidse. YOU ARE A TRUE PATRIOT! May God bless you in your eternal efforts
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