Just came off the street from the front of our home, our entire neighborhood was one big fireworks display, and music, it was great seeing Americans celebrating as I remember as a kid. Fireworks are illegal where we live, but everyone threw caution to the wind, I even purchased a big box of "Safe and Sane" fireworks out of town and brought em in, the heck with it, just tired of being told what to do, and we had a great time! Not a single patrol car ventured into our hamlet.

Hope everyone here had a wonderful day, and safe, and sane!

23 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Stay safe, Dan. Keep the water hoses handy.

 

The neighbors had a nice display.  Must have spent a couple thousand.  They started out putting a few Chinese Lanterns up.  No wind so it was the perfect night for it.  They looked nice and it took about 15 minutes for them to float out of site.

 

Edited July 5, 20205 yr by HandyDan

The BBQ was wonderful. Nine couples. Each brought a couple side dishes. The hosts smoked apricot soaked chicken legs and grilled hamburgers. As usual, there was more food than could possibly be consumed. Everyone took something home we brought home 3/4 of a Strawberry Rhubarb pie. 

Due to the dry weather conditions, there were no fireworks but, all the flags were all flying proudly. The highlight of the evening was an 80 year old lady's beautiful rendition of America. 

It was a great evening.

Edited July 5, 20205 yr by Gene Howe

Spent the evening with some good friends.  Told funny stories from both the military and our work in our wood shops.  Was a good evening.  Most all the neighbors around my friends house torched off fireworks so we had a barrage for about an hour all around us.  Glad I don't have any mess to clean up.  

This 4th of July, we'll be staying home and enjoying what our local town has to offer, and of course barbecue. We have our youngest daughter home from the Army for the weekend, we are truly blessed to have all three of our children in one place this 4th of July.

We hope you all have an enjoyable time this 4th, and be safe in all you do!

 

The Morris Family: Left to right, Oldest daughter Cynthia, Army girl PFC Tiffany Morris, Mrs. Morris and Son Jeroid behind her, and myself, the eraser head. From all of us to all of you, HAPPY 4th of JULY!

Photo is from the Hwy 243 overlooking the Banning valley below, with the San Bernadino Mountain range in the back ground, to the right out of the image a few miles down the road you'd see the windmills along the I-10 towards Palm Springs, just a little extra info for the folks who are familiar with this area.

 

We visited my dad yesterday, photo above is after we left his place, and the image below is 88yr old dad standing next to his new chicken coop he built. He grew up on a farm in the Catskills of New York pre WWII and as a child he learned how to use what you have on hand to get the job done. So he went to building this coop with only the scrap wood he had on hand, the only thing he had to purchase was the wire, and the chickens.

He paid for the chickens ahead of time and our kids picked them up at the feed store and delivered them, 4 Road Island Reds, and within a week they are laying.

 

The partners in crime!

 

The crime families hideout.

 

This was probably the highlite of our weekend already, it's always fun to go up to Dad's and see how he's doing, and he got a chance to see his Army grand-daughter and she him!

 

Happy 4th ya'll!!!!

ok, so i'm a whiny sob.   how come so many posts here  say July 5 already and my computer and phone only say July 4???

2 hours ago, p_toad said:

ok, so i'm a whiny sob.   how come so many posts here  say July 5 already and my computer and phone only say July 4???

 

Don't whine Pete, they say (on my machine) July 5, 2020...

 

All this time I thought that it was Abe Lincoln that said we couldn't believe everything we read/see on the internet.  Going by this threads title, 7-4-1776, maybe it was Geo Washington?   Smart guys, both of them!

Edited July 4, 20214 yr by Cal

4 hours ago, p_toad said:

ok, so i'm a whiny sob.   how come so many posts here  say July 5 already and my computer and phone only say July 4???

 

They must have the after burners on.  I am seeing the same date.

What's the date in China?  We may have been hacked.  Anyone have ransom money?

Bezos' crew must be on the ball. My Kindle seems to have the correct dates. 

Edited July 4, 20214 yr by Gene Howe

This is an ongoing topic posted two years ago.

Happy 4th of July Patriot Woodworkers!

I hope you all have a wonderful day, and stay safe and sane!

Happy birthday America.

Happy 246th Birthday to our Constitutional Republic. Lots of bruises, wounds, scars, warts and all, but we're still beautiful. May God bless us for another 246 years.

 

Miss Kate believed it. No one sang it like she did.

 

What in interesting story behind the painting!

 

Archibald MacNeal Willard (August 22, 1836 – October 11, 1918) was an American painter who was born and raised in Bedford, Ohio. He was the son of Samuel Willard, the pastor of Bedford Baptist Church, and his wife.

Willard joined the 86th Ohio Infantry in 1863 and fought in the American Civil War. During this time, he painted several scenes from the war and forged a friendship with photographer James F. Ryder. Willard painted The Spirit of '76 about 1875 in Wellington, Ohio, after he saw a holiday parade pass through the town square. Willard also painted three murals in the main hall of the Fayette County courthouse in Washington Court House, Ohio: The Spirit of Electricity, The Spirit of Telegraphy, and The Spirit of the Mail.

 

See more at Wikipedia

We live in the greatest country in the world, but I fear that many do not know or understand what freedoms and rights they have.  Our rights to be free come from:

            God

            The Magna Carta

            The Declaration of Independence

            The Constitution of the United States

            The Bill of Rights

 

But those rights have been provided and protected by the sacrifice and blood of:

            Jesus Christ

            American Soldiers
            Law Enforcement Officers

 

Our independence is but one step away from the evil of those within and outside our borders.  Many of us are too complacent and are like sheep following the wolf to slaughter.  We must not only hold the ideals that our (not government's) nation was founded upon, but we must also stand against those wishing to destroy our country, our ideals, our freedoms, and eventually ourselves.

 

Celebrate this 4th of July with the mindset that you will not stand behind our neighbors, our police, our soldiers, but rather alongside them as comrades in arms.

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Our house

 

The rest of our neighbors

 

 

 

I'm absolutely not saying you need to fly the flag to prove you're an American, but at least one other flag on our street maybe? We do live in Kommiefornia after all. 

Same here in my neighborhood.  HOWEVER:  I did have several neighbors drop by and say hello, and a thank you.  

On 7/5/2020 at 6:17 AM, HandyDan said:

 

The neighbors had a nice display.  Must have spent a couple thousand.  They started out putting a few Chinese Lanterns up.  No wind so it was the perfect night for it.  They looked nice and it took about 15 minutes for them to float out of site.

 

 

I've always wondered about these, is there any chance of them setting down and starting a fire?

So this is a picture of Fleming Crafts storefront, (and also domicile). We just finished a 2 year envelope project (took longer due to covid). All vinyl siding, no where left to put a flagpole holder. So I decided to do this to hang a flag (and show the other owners it’s still possible to fly a flag).