Red White and Blue Gone and Sunshine Remains...

                                                    ~ Night time picture taken by our son Tim
                                                              (reminds me of fireworks...) 

Our town just got through celebrating 4th of July.  It was a blast (literally), as our local celebration featured fireworks off Mount Rubidoux.  In addition, our street held a block party.  It was fun to congregate on our front lawn listening to patriotic music and smelling the scent of barbecue hot dogs.  Even my cat got into the festivities.  She's such a people cat... but I confess she didn't like the red, white and blue collar she had to sport.  It only made her mad; and what do cats do when they get mad?  Well, my cat scowls, and makes a speedy exit to who knows where.  But she resurfaced after the fireworks were done.... The loud booms are hard on the ears of our pets.

Surprisingly, our holiday was a pleasant 81 degrees.  Not so today.... we've been told by the news media that we should expect temperatures into the 100s by July 10.  That's okay by me.  It just means chilling in the afternoon with a tall glass of iced tea.  Living in my town for as long as I have has made me accustomed to high temperatures.  My only hope is that we don't have a power outage like we did in 2007 when on that July day, the temperature was 112 degrees.  We were without electricity ( including air conditioning and refrigeration) for over 24 hours.  Now, that was something I don't wish on anybody.

Happy summer days ahead....