This past Sunday was the Fourth of July.

Handsome and I gathered with friends, cooked hotdogs and hamburgers, then drove to a spot nearby to watch the fireworks show. We shared, laughed, ate, and stared at the colorful bursts lighting the sky. I know I’m truly lucky. I cherish these days. Family. Friends. Food.

Over my lifetime thus far, I have seen amazing firework shows:

1/With Handsome and friends on a boat in San Francisco bay.

2/On a balcony office building with my young family where the fireworks were shot right at us, and we felt the booms in our chests.

3/When driving home after a family gathering, my friend and I spied a show at a stadium. Pulled over and enjoyed every minute.

4/After my shift ended at an amusement park, I changed clothes and sat on an old bench in the compound area with other co-workers. As the fireworks detonated over our heads, we whooped and hollered, and then, gave a rating.

5/Around the corner from my house and a few blocks further is a country club firework show for their members. #2son and I parked our chairs on a sidewalk and watched. Just the two of us.

6/My family and I sitting on the steps of the National Gallery in Washington D.C. and viewed the show over the Washington monument.

I wish I had good pix of these to share, but I’ve never been able to take good photos of fireworks.

Are you a fireworks fan? If so, can you share a memory?

FYI: More Information about Fireworks:

https://www.americanpyro.com/history-of-fireworks#:~:text=History%20of%20Fireworks%20Many%20historians%20believe%20that%20fireworks,of%20the%20hollow%20air%20pockets%20in%20the%20bamboo.

https://ssec.si.edu/stemvisions-blog/evolution-fireworks/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks/

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