July 4th Celebrations in Cornwall-on-Hudson . . .

We took a drive up to Cornwall-on-Hudson to celebrate July 4th this year and I have to tell you that any doubts I had about moving up there were completely erased as I drove thru this beautiful little town.  There were American flags everywhere you looked!!  Hanging on porches, flying in the back of pickup trucks, on the front of cars, on bandanas around dogs' necks and on and on and on.  People were preparing the floats for the parade that went thru town at 5:00.  There were bbq's and gatherings on porches.  The gazebo in town was decorted in red, white and blue.  Honestly, it was kind of surreal and made me feel like I was in some sort of patriotic movie of yesteryear.  LOL!!! 

Waiting on the parade.

After feasting on sausage and pepper parm heroes, penne a la vodka and peach pie at my sister's house, we walked down the street to where the parade was held. 

A refurbished milk truck, complete with old milk bottles and crates!!!

A giant wooden eagle.

I could not resist taking a photo of this guy's pants.  He was dressed in red, white and blue from head to toe!!!  : )

This is Grandma Doris.  She is the matriarch of Jones' Farm, the cutest place to visit in Cornwall and the subject of many blogs here thru the years.  : )

The back of Grandma Doris' float.

This band really surprised us.  We thought it would be some little Dixieland band until they started playing some serious disco music.  Fantastic!!!!!

Brendan and Jakhai waiting for the parade to start.

No Main Street USA parade would be complete without the Boy Scouts!!!

It was such a wonderful day.  The skies cleared up right before the parade started and it wasn't too hot.  That is ALWAYS a plus for me!!!  This time next year we hope to be residents there and not just visitors. Still working on getting the house on the market.  We can't believe what a long process it is to get all of those unfinished projects done but it looks like we should be good to go by next weekend.  From my mouth to God's ears!!!  : )


Happy Wednesday!!  ~ Wendy

Happy 4th . . .

Fourth of July festivities started early around these parts with fireworks on Wednesday night.  We grabbed our Carvel ice cream sundaes, backed into parking spots in the lot, threw open the back doors, layed down the blankets and waited for the show to begin!!  It was the perfect night with the weather in the low 80's and low humidity. 

Megan loved the smiley face!!!

Brendan and his friend Malcolm waiting for the show to start.

Yesterday we spent the afternoon with friends for a backyard barbecue and today we're taking a drive up to Cornwall-on-Hudson to my sister's for a gathering and a small town U.S.A. parade.  I love celebrating this beautiful country that we live in.  It is not perfect and not everybody will always be happy with the way things are here but we are so blessed to have the freedoms that we do and it saddens me that people are choosing to bash our country and our flag.  After September 11th, sales of our flag skyrocketed and a flag flew in front of almost every home in our town.  Now you see people burning and stomping on the flag around the country.  This is a slap in the face of every veteran I know including my father, my husband, my grandfathers, great grandfathers, uncles, cousins, friends, etc., etc., etc.  I truly could cry about this and I do.

Beautiful faces at yesterday's barbecue!!!

May God bless America and all of its' people here and abroad and may our beautiful men and women of our Armed Forces be blessed as they serve to protect us from all who want to harm us.  I wish you all a very happy and safe 4th of July!!!


Many blessings ~ Wendy

Happy 5th of July . . .

I hope everyone had a happy and safe July 4th.  My hubby had to work, my oldest son was at an all day picnic with his cronies, my youngest son has been at my sister's house since Saturday and my middle guy was in an out all day with his friends swimming and eating and eating and swimming.  I guess that's what 15/16 year olds do best in the summer because they did a great job finishing off an entire two dozen chocolate chip cookies that I baked.  Megan and I each got one and I salvaged one for Jim but that was about it.

This was pretty much the extent of our fireworks viewing this year.  Jim has strep throat and was feeling pretty crummy after working twelve hours so he came home and put his jammies on.  Trevor and his friends put on a display of bottle rockets, roman candles and bottle rockets for us in front of the house.

Our neighbor Chris got in on the action, too.  I know this looks like he's on fire but I assure you he's not!!  : )  I just happened to take the photo just as his bottle rocket was taking off.  Pretty cool stuff.  For the record, I'm scared of fireworks but there were adults around to make sure everything was done as safely as possible.  Not to mention, it only lasted for about 15 minutes.  LOL!!

Empty fireworks casings on our lawn.

 

Maybe someday we'll be able to celebrate THIS with fireworks.  : )


Many blessings for a wonderful Thursday ~ Wendy

Happy Birthday America!!! on a Wordless Wednesday . . .

 

 

 

 

 
 

God bless America!!!!


Many blessings for a happy and safe July 4th ~ Wendy