Thursday: Summer on Harrison

 


Saturday night, you will recall, was the 4th of July.  I watched a couple - ok, 3 - episodes of The Bear and went to bed just before 10.  That's when they started.  Folks all around town started shooting off fireworks.  Boom.  Boom.  POP POP POP.  After listening while lying in bed for a bit, I got up to look out my window.  Wow! Firebursts of red flowers.  Quick grab the camera.  Here's the shot!

The booms.  The pop pop pops continued but nothing overcame the tree line again.  Just ominous glowing behind the landscape.  (You can see that on my camera's live function images - those mini videos.  But I haven't figured out how/if I can post them.)

Happy Independence Day from and to Versailles.

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