Fireworks on the Fourth

I had a nice birthday and finished up the day watching fireworks from the front porch. Right across the street, shot from the baseball field. A beautiful summer night with lightning bugs too.

A short video of fireworks across the street.

It was quite a display seen from my front porch
Front porch view
From the baseball field

Snail Mail

It’s a delight to find personal mail in the mailbox. Thanks to friends and family for mailing these thoughtful birthday cards. H

ow about the 3-D stove my sister sent?

Of course no more USPS mail delivery on the actual July 4th holiday today

Happy to celebrate my birthday today.

Chocolate Covered Potato Chips. Yes or No?

Chocolate covered pretzels are popular but have you seen Chocolate Covered Potato Chips? Today in Millvale we stopped in Yetter’s Candy . They ship orders all over the country.

Here’s a blogpost from when the grandkids visited and we got ice cream at Yetters in 2016. It has not changed

Random Can – Guest Blog

My granddaughter Maura (12) texted me this random can of tomato sauce she saw in Sam’s Club on Thursday. I love that she noticed it, photographed it and shared it with me.

I’ve photographed out-of-place items in stores before and have been astonished at what people leave in odd spots.

Park Bench Memorial

Monday morning we went to the playground in Upper Arlington. Ohio. Charlie and his friends didn’t mind playing in the heat but I found this lovely bench in the shade. As I sat and knit on a sock, I noticed this plaque in the cement. I don’t know who Cornelia R. Pond was but her son Jim took good care of her and donated the park bench in her memory.

Meet Oscar

Oscar is a labradoodle who will be one in August. He’s enjoying being part of Laura, James and Charlie’s family. They’re enjoying him, too. ❤️

I don’t think he’s supposed to be on the couch but I wasn’t going to tell him
How do those balloons stay afloat?
A secret for cousin Jack
He moved his head so it’s a blur but he certainly looked tall when he joined me on the couch

Daisies and a Bicycle Built for Two

“The daisy’s for simplicity and unaffected air.” Robert Burns

“The daisy by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.” William Wordsworth

“Oopsy-daisy”

Fresh as a daisy.

He loves me, he loves me not…

Please Don’t Eat the Daisies1960 film with Doris Day snd David Niven

Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two) song written in 1892 Daisy, Daisy give me your answer, do.

“Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke witnessed the IBM 704 demonstration during a trip to Bell Labs in 1962 and referred to it in the 1968 novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which the HAL 9000 computer sings “Daisy Bell” during its gradual deactivation” Wikipedia