INDEPENDENCE DAY

Tomorrow everyone will be having July 4th celebrations with friends and having back yard barbecues.  Yes it is a holiday, but it is a very special holiday ~ the day we gained Independence from Britain and the day the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress.  Independence Day was first celebrated on July 8, 1776 in Philadelphia, PA.  And a not so well known fact is that both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on Independence Day, July 4, 1826.


It is a scorcher of a day today and will be hotter tomorrow as everyone celebrates July 4th so I feel like I've already got fireworks going on.  And it is so dry and crispy here that if a single spark were to touch down on the dried grass or leaves it would cause unruly wildfires.  So please be cautious.


This is a rug I hooked which is a design of Polly Minick's, called Boy Pulling Wagon.

I have no plans for tomorrow's holiday other than sitting comfortably in the air conditioned house and hooking on my lion rug and drawing out rug designs in the morning when it is cool in my work room.  I'd planned to take a picture of my lion rug an post here tonight but didn't get nearly as much hooking time in today as I'd hoped.  So tomorrow I'll get more hooked and finally show you a picture later in the week ~ besides, everyone will be busy tomorrow rather than reading blogs.

Happy Birthday United States of America. 

Thanks for the visit.  Saundra