Happy Independence Day/belated National Day.
Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
Independence/National Day Celebrations
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Blessed National Day to the Canadian delegation and early blessed Independence Day to the American delegation. May we all avoid the ER this year.
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delegation's avoiding all of the noice as much as possible, and will do so Tuesday (I'm treating them to some tinned food while I pick up some ice cream.)
Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
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delegation's avoiding all of the noice as much as possible, and will do so Tuesday (I'm treating them to some tinned food while I pick up some ice cream.)Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
It is time for this rebel to drone on...
Times change, and we have had enough of bombs bursting in air.
I believe I related ambefore about watching the fourth in Alaska, land of the midnight sun, where you get to see all the casings, and paper and debris falling below the explosions and polluting our earth, and as each goes of the huge cloud of gray smoke accumulating and trailing off with the winds polluting our air.
Some of you are aware of the Canadian forest fires whose smoke has gone down the eastern seaboard as far as north Carolina causing "code reds" warning elderly, asthmatics and those with copd to stay inside and not exert.
Well we've reached an all time high....or is it low? The news last night warned folks to stay in on the morning of July 5th...for the same reason, hazardous air quality in the Balt /DC area, not from forest fires...but from umpteen cities around the beltway and a 17 min display of fireworks on the national mall which will leave residuals that could harm our citizens.
The wild and domesticated animals, the veterans with PTSD, those with COPD, all their lives rank below our need to celebrate a country which... I better stop there.
Times change, and we have had enough of bombs bursting in air.
I believe I related ambefore about watching the fourth in Alaska, land of the midnight sun, where you get to see all the casings, and paper and debris falling below the explosions and polluting our earth, and as each goes of the huge cloud of gray smoke accumulating and trailing off with the winds polluting our air.
Some of you are aware of the Canadian forest fires whose smoke has gone down the eastern seaboard as far as north Carolina causing "code reds" warning elderly, asthmatics and those with copd to stay inside and not exert.
Well we've reached an all time high....or is it low? The news last night warned folks to stay in on the morning of July 5th...for the same reason, hazardous air quality in the Balt /DC area, not from forest fires...but from umpteen cities around the beltway and a 17 min display of fireworks on the national mall which will leave residuals that could harm our citizens.
The wild and domesticated animals, the veterans with PTSD, those with COPD, all their lives rank below our need to celebrate a country which... I better stop there.
Don't forget the dogs! My poor JRT is so traumatized by fireworks. I live in the DFW metroplex.. it's illegal to light off fireworks in the city limits and it never fails every year to have my neighbors lighting off artillery shells all night long. Can't even report them as our local police get hundreds of these calls every night. I might try giving her some trazadone tonight.
That they are.
But it seems I am growing beyond that somehow. Not by choice, my gut is reacting to a guilt complex must be of not being as empathetic as I'd like (in this case towards the earth, animals, ptsd folk, etc.) Or it may be I've said too much over the years and my brain wants me to "put up or shut up." I also like the big fire art I've built and watched burn at burns...but have issues with now.
Pretty doesn't cut it anymore...sigh.
It may be a phase I am going thru
The Trio hid due to fireworks/firecrackers and gunfire (yes, there are idjits that like to shoot in the air or at someone that p!ssed them off.)
s hate the sound of Independence Day!There were several EMS vehicles that added to the cacaphony (I live near a hospital's ambulance entrance and ER/A&E entrance.)
Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
I'm glad they survived the nightmare. My four legged family was not happy at all.The Trio hid due to fireworks/firecrackers and gunfire (yes, there are idjits that like to shoot in the air or at someone that p!ssed them off.)
There were several EMS vehicles that added to the cacaphony (I live near a hospital's ambulance entrance and ER/A&E entrance.)
Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
Happy Canada Day to the the Canadian delegation from the delegation and I!
Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
delegation and I!Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
They had a drone exhibition Thursday (no fireworks for Independence Day except in the public parks and/or general "houses" both Thursday and Friday.) Oh, and there were the usual firearms/ambulances both days.
The Trio suffered as much, if not more, than I did.
Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
The Trio suffered as much, if not more, than I did.
Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
As far as fireworks go, after setting up and setting off tons...it has gotten old.
As far as the fourth goes.... I have a rant in hand but it is no longer appropriate for this forum. Suffice to say our founding only meant freedom to white men, my country for 249 years slowly made laws, ammendments to the constitution, supreme court decisions which one by one gave rights and freedom to blacks, women, and other minorities, started covering health care...until this July 4th when everything changed.
As far as the fourth goes.... I have a rant in hand but it is no longer appropriate for this forum. Suffice to say our founding only meant freedom to white men, my country for 249 years slowly made laws, ammendments to the constitution, supreme court decisions which one by one gave rights and freedom to blacks, women, and other minorities, started covering health care...until this July 4th when everything changed.
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Well, there's value in celebrating what we have and could lose - are losing -?
(I also must stop)
and there are many ways to celebrate - my husband and I usually drive to see a dog show -- we've done that for 25 years now, there's always an all breed dog show on the 4th at a regional event center a couple of hours away. There are always thematic July 4 items and colors there. American breeds are sometimes highlighted in the literature they provide.
Our close friends always go to a historical museum/estate around here, that always has festivities on the 4th.
none of us have gone down to the plaza in years
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Bravery and perseverancewhen facing those things which are ungood -
And ironically enough, yet fittingly, learning from our British friends "Keep Calm and Carry On"
It's a grand old flag! Freedom and justice for all!
You made me chuckle.
England doesn't have an Independence Day but it does have a national day, April 23rd Saint George's Day, which I usually celebrate with a friend. No fireworks, just a good meal and talk about how we used to rule the waves.
As the song goes "Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves, Britain, never, never, never shall be slaves".
Nowadays...least said soonest mended.
I am also an Israeli national and celebrate independence day on 5th of Iyar (on or near to May 14th). Again no fireworks, where I live Israel is very unpopular, however I do have one friend who also supports Israel. Again, usually a meal and a long conversation about existence, truth and what is happening in the world. We do the same on July 4th.
For those that have it and pretend we all have it, yes...for those second class citizens and immigrants that have paid the bills with their sweat, health and lives for all these years....some can celebrate it was better than where they came from.
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No society is perfect, but it's so easy to take what we have for granted and fail to realize how good we have it.
In comparison with much of human history, we have it so, so good...
Always room for improvement
The very fact that the ideals we think we fall short of -- even seem possible to us
Better probably by far than most
I hope we do not lose what we have
We must hold fast to ideals to stay strong in the face of events that are ungood, big brother being ungood, policies that may be double plus ungood, let freedom ring, may it remain, Happy Independence Day.