“I solemnly swear I am up to no good.”
– Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
It’s been a busy day prepping for the Fourth tomorrow, so here are a few smidgins of evidence that we’re alive, kicking and living it up. Yeah, I know. I’m shocked I thought to take pictures too…


- We live in a notorious marriage mart of a town, but clearly things didn’t work out typically for this gentleman… And apparently he has very cruel friends or relationships. Snagged this sad gem in a local parking lot.

Heading out to my car for work this morning, I was startled by a roaring sound above my head. It turned out to be a low drifting balloon from a local July 4th festival (which apparently happened on the 3rd). Believe it or not it was much lower to start with, I had to scrambled in my purse for the camera a bit and the balloon had risen by the time I fished it out. These were all over the sky this morning. 
That’s, um, not a cloud. Half of the country is on fire, in case you hadn’t noticed, and apparently so is the city a bit up from us. We’ll keep an eye on this one, I think.