Red, white, and blue:

Grand Olde Flag

GOF flies at the sewer raccoon headquarters on July 4, 2008. Not flown since our illness. Pre-dates W.

Faded, slightly frayed at the bottom, as seen through the dead but viable Tamarack.

Fireworks tonight in the park but now miscellaneous pops resound about the neighborhood. The raccoons wonder at the bellicosity of their Waukesha hosts and know to stay in the sewers until the noise subsides. That will be very late tonight.

A friend sends us this clip, Teddies on Parade. Lives in a gated community near Tucson. In spite of the living standard, scorpions, not to be deterred from their prior and always habitat, sneak under the gate and snuggle inside of shoes and once under the bedclothes:

http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1537943546852&source=jl999

another friend sent us this