4th of July

Grandma has the biggest flag of all.
Pedaling at Grandma's house.
Friday night concert at the band shell.

The forth dawned dank and drear. Not a beach or picnic day. Jamie plays in the local community band on Fridays, so after a low-key day, we sat on the lawn to hear the concert. And immediately after this picture was taken, it started to rain, a heavy drizzle. Luckily I had a big golf umbrella, and we and most of the audience toughed it out. The conductor told an anecdote about a rainy concert where after hearing no applause, the conductor was about to call it off until he realised - you can't applaud while holding an umbrella. But the rain stopped before the concert was over and we had local pyrotechnic displays going off all around, so we got fireworks too.