The community fireworks were held near here last night. We thought we might be able to see and hear them in the backyard. We went out at dark and saw flickering to the south, over the roof of the house. It was very faint, and we could hear nothing. We watched a bit and grumbled about how disappointing the experience was. Just as we were about to give up and go in, the real fireworks erupted over the trees in the east. We’d been watching a thunderstorm 50 miles away.
58 responses to “Happy Independence Day!”
Your throwback strip was perfect. My 62 lb goldendoodle was shivering in sheer terror and insisted on sitting in my lap while the fireworks were being launched over nearby Gloucester Harbor (home of the famous Fisherman-At-The-Wheel Statue) last night. Thunderstorms produce the same result. Have a happy & safe 4th everyone. What makes America truly great is the freedom to state your opinion. We’re probably not as far apart as it appears; the majority of differences are in how to achieve universal goals – peace, prosperity, health, safety, opportunity for our children, etc. We can do without all the inflammatory rhetoric that’s only purpose is to push other people’s buttons.
242 years ago then decided to sign the mortgage for a great nation. It makes you wonder why you’re supporting paying for a house! I am thankful for all the freedoms that we have in this country and still believe our best days are ahead of us.
Happy 4th of July conjures up pictures of picnics, bar-b-ques, parades, etc.
Happy Independence Day makes me think about the dedicated, brave, reactionaries that risked their lives and fortunes to create this incredible country or ours so:
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to everyone fortunate enough to live in this great country.
P.S. Merry 25th of December in advance.
Rick in Shermantown: http://www.wsmv.com/story/38569608/police-couple-high-on-bath-salts-fired-shots-at-fireflies-thinking-they-were-alien-lasers
Mark:
Absolutely classic! Thanks for the link.
Jimmy:
Thanks for writing “Happy Independence Day” instead of any other term.
Rick, you’re welcome. I saw this story and thought of you first thing since we had been talking about fireflies, or as they call them back home, lightning bugs.
Let’s keep saying Fourth of July Independence Day or it will be a Monday holiday
(lower case H is deliberate) before long.
Hope you are OK emb – saw the destruction in Bemidji on the weather tonight.
High winds and maybe? a tornado?
Prayers.
Good for a laugh: https://store.southernthing.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5drG4KX6JRI
In Bemidji, as of 7:39 pm, no injuries had been reported from the small tornado. Information is from their newspaper [Bemidji Pioneer] on newseum.org.
Mark:
“Lightning bugs” is the preferred term here, too. I’m glad to hear that it’s popular in other places, too.
JJ 🙂 grill on you’ve earned it.
“Lightning bugs” was the preferred term where I grew up in Memphis, too. Here in Utah… people rarely talk about what they’ve never seen. I doubt I’ve heard anyone here talk about them.
Had a similar experience looking for the Marfa Lights and seeing very distant lightning.
http://digg.com/video/frog-lightning-bug
TruckerRon:
Utah is a beautiful state, but I don’t want to imagine a childhood without lightning bugs.
I’m so glad they were part of mine. And fireflies/lightning bugs were a big reason for driving the eastern and central parts of the country at night.
Twin Cities weather showed trees down and garage off its foundation.
No sirens it happened so fast. 200 yards wide and 3/4 mile on ground
was report. 6:30 AM and no sirens it could have been a lot worse.
Prayers for all
A side of Janis we’ve not seen. Didn’t know she has a gymnastics background. I’d gave her a 9.6.
Arlo is indeed a lucky man.
Seeing the synchronized fireflies on the Blueridge Parkway in the Smokey Mountains is a goal for me. It is supposed to be something really special.
https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/fireflies.htm
emb???
The guy seems talented, but the wave itself and the photography?
WOW!
https://www.ksl.com/?sid=46356065&nid=1017&title=have-you-seen-this-the-endless-wave
I grew up in southern California and I’ve never seen a lightning bug in Real Life. Next month, my sister and I will be moving to Trinidad, CO, elevation 1 nautical mile, and I still won’t see any. I can’t say, however, that I feel deprived.