last week joe and i shopped and gardened and cleaned and moved furniture and
shopped and gardened and putzed and detailed the house, yard , garage and gardens until the time ran out and it was finally
the day of the 4th of july bbq.
we had invited 40 friends and 30 came.
they brought steaming dishes of macaroni and cheese,
every kind of baked beans, salads, and pies
and cobbler, gingerbread and boston cream pie.all served with large poofy clouds of whipped cream.
joe bbq'd mass quanities of chicken and
after singing grace together we all found places at various tables
or on the grass - at home together
celebrating God's love and blessings and our freedom to gather.
we ate too much and then moved on into the long lingering afternoon
with iced tea and badmitton. horseshoes and black coffee. squirt guns and soda pops.most of the women mingled into little clusters, catching up on family news and the latest weightloss methods.
children ran and screamed and played while
the teenagers sat under the walnut trees playing guitars and then 
crammed into a car and headed for the movie theater.the weather was p e r f e c t. just about hot with a beautiful whisper of a breeze.
and the roses were in full bloom.
smiling, waving, quietly watching, coloring the borders of a wonderful day.2 days later and i'm still high on it.
addendum:
ReplyDeleteto top it all off, that night after everyone had gone closer to their beds to do their own sparklers and crackers, and as the lazy moon hung by a star in the western sky, our neighbors put on a spectacular pyrotechnic extravaganza. we sat in our front yard in the rocker and watched dueling fireworks booming like thunder down into our toes. woohoo!
what a perfect end to a perfect day :)