Happy Independence Day!!
Holiday today,
Now we shall play.
Popsicles, tricycles,
Big kids on bicycles.
Let’s fire up the grill
Flip burgers with a will.
Eat the first home-grown tomatoes
With salad made from potatoes.
We just need to see the sun
For the whole day to be fun.
We plan to see the fireworks tonight:
The whole day will turn out right!
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: Due to rainy weather, all of the above fun will happen tomorrow when we see the sun. Luckily we are flexible. 🙂
If you need a story to read the kids, try Fairy Independence Day.
32 thoughts on “Happy Independence Day!”
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mmmm fresh tomatoes and potato salad…2 of my favorite things. Happy belated 4th 🙂
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Thanks! Happy Summer, woo-hoo!!
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Oh, your rained off plans sound very British Brenda!!! 😀 We have that all the time, so much effort goes into the planning of a day and then – RAIN! 😐 It’s good to be flexible though. I hope you had a lovely time and got to enjoy all that delicious food and sparkly fireworks. Sounds like my kind of fun!
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Yes, we had a great day, the day after. LOL The 4th was restful. I like to listen to the rain. I would like living in the UK just fine. 🙂
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Dammit the weather!!.. lol
Though like you said, luckily there’s flexibility!
It’s been and gone now, I hope you had a wonderful celebration (whatever day you got to celebrate it)
ML
xx
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We did have a happy holiday, thanks!
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Very interesting and creative picture!
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Thanks! 🙂
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Be-lated happy to you as well!
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Thanks, Prof! Hope you had a good one! 🙂
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I did! Nice and relaxing. Did you?
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Yes, very joyful and complete. 🙂
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Brenda, The grill didn’t get fired up, but the folks in the neighborhood created quite the noise for well over an hour. And the brother in law made some great chicken parm for dinner. We had a wonderful 4th, thank you, and I hope yours was equally wonderful. Take care, Bill
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Very restful, thanks! We had a nonstop torrential downpour, so it was peaceful. Today, we will fire up the grill. 😀 We have steak, burgers and dogs, baked beans and corn on the cob. We’re ready. LOL That was how we celebrated when I grew up, and it seems right to keep it going. Hugs, Brenda
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Lovely – though the Popsicle is melting, it sure looks scrumptious:)
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A good day was had by all when popsicles bite the dust. 🙂
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Have a great day…tomorrow:0 LOL Great picture to go with your poem:)
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I heard things were nice there, I hope you managed to see some fireworks. 🙂
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Is that tree made of steel or ceramic
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You lost me, what tree?
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That beautiful brown tree square thing…
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I put a picture up of a melting popsicle, so I’m not sure where the tree is. I had that problem with another post, where it had a photo of a mushroom showing that was not in my version. This post has a tree???
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Yes? It’s a garden shot with this beautiful tree statue in the center
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Oh!! I had that in at one point, and I deleted it. I decided on the popsicle picture. How weird. Do you see the popsicle, too, or just the tree?
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Just the tree but I’m on this iPhone
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Hmmm… Don’t know how to fix it. So many frustrating things about WP.
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That sounds so happy and fun! You’ve captured the essense of celebration in your words Brenda. Happy Independence Day!
Sent from My Blackberry® @ Tata Docomo
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Thanks, I thought I would write about all the things I hope we get to do, then hurricane rain! Last year no hurricanes at all, and this year they are starting in July, two months early!
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Great post for our birthday!! Enjoy!!
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Thanks!! Having a relaxing day, listening to the rain. Picnicking tomorrow!! 🙂
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Celebrate ALL month – no one says it HAS to be today – Enjoy!!
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Exactly!! LOL Always happy to be in this great country!
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