We celebrated the " Fourth" in true HW fashion. We schlepped ourselves to a near corner and watched our annual parade.
Patty, is a regular with the local peace group, and she was asked to walk in the parade.
As I have written before, Patty is almost 76. She has spent her share of jail time for social justice, a more peaceful world and environmental causes.
I used to tell people that my mom and dad collectively have spent more time in jail than Manson... but for good things.
We had experienced a heat wave and poor Patty had to walk a rather long parade route with her hands suspending the wings of a giant dove, a peace sign and a little bottle of water. What a champion she was. We were all so proud to see that she hasn't lost her devotion to making a change in the world.
The rest of the day involved, eating, badminton and the requisite fireworks.
We also celebrate our "Gotcha" day on this day.
Mimi was placed in our hands, in China ,on July fifth, but here in the USA
it was the fourth. We had a lovely tiny Mimi cake with sparklers and a crowd to celebrate.
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