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Happy Independence Day!

Our fireworks viewing experience was a little more interactive this year: the wind direction was blowing the ash, smoke, and debris right overhead, so remnants of the shells (and sometimes still glowing embers) were dropping into the crowd around us at the Largo City Park. So in addition to oooh’ing and aaah’ing at the spectacle of the fireworks, you had to keep your eyes peeled for falling stars. My daughter had collected quite a pile of dubious “souvenirs” after the 30-minute show was over.

Still, a good time was had by all, and it was a great show as usual. I made sure to send a few photos and a short video of the fireworks to my wife and sister in China, so they could have a little bit of home while overseas.