No parades or picnics here, we stayed at home like the boring people we are...
Then we sat on the back porch, enjoyed the flowers and plants, ....and the view... of hundreds of dollars worth of incredible, amazing (and most-likely illegal) fireworks that our neighbors for miles around were setting off ... beautiful.
No, seriously, I used today as an excuse to finally get my back patio cleaned up and all 20-something pots cleaned out and replanted with flowers and herbs... I know it's late, 
but we'll be enjoying them through the end of September easily...
but we'll be enjoying them through the end of September easily...
The Sprouts were a huge help today! We worked hard transplanting, cleaning, scrubbing the cement, cleaning the furniture, splashing the hose....
Afterwards, by popular demand, my oldest Sprout made everyone's favorite: Taco Ring which I guess I've already posted somewhere back in the foggy past.
EDIT: Please note I finally linked to the Taco Ring recipe for those who are lazy like me and didn't want to dig for it .
(Ignore the Mike's Hard Lemonade bottle in the picture... we were celebrating America's Independence... or something...).
We had some beautiful Rainier cherries from the Farmer's Market, to go with.
Then we sat on the back porch, enjoyed the flowers and plants, ....and the view... of hundreds of dollars worth of incredible, amazing (and most-likely illegal) fireworks that our neighbors for miles around were setting off ... beautiful.
