Happy Fourth of Joo-lie!

Fourth of Joo-lie parade, originally uploaded by Monkey loves Kitten.

Well, that's how we say it over here.

Around 2 o'clock this afternoon, we heard a siren. Our first thought was a child from the trail park up the street had done what we joked about yesterday, and blown a toe off with a firecracker. What it turned out to be was a parade. This parade consisted of a Miata, a fire truck, some kids on trikes, and about a dozen golf carts. We were in the middle of painting and were more than grungy, and if you go outside here, people want to talk to you, so I hung back and this is the best shot I could get without waving and saying, "Hi!"

It's just now dark here, still time for the toe incident.