Happy 4th of July!!

Due to the holiday today, I have changed the colors on this blog. I'll switch them back next time I get on.
S. was in the parade today with his fellow boy scouts. K, Rapunzel, and I gathered a large bag full of candy. I know, 18 and 16 is supposed to be too old to gather the candy, but most of it was just K.'s doing and us grabbing the candy that fell in the road. Thankfully Mom didn't frisk us for any pocketed candy this year like she has done for as long as I can remember. I have quite a stash of the good stuff (eg. Twix, Skittles, not tootsie rolls) in my purse. S. came down after the parade and had his pockets STUFFED with candy. Mom and Dad gave him the two choices: have all the candy that was in his pockets or put it in the bag with all the stuff we gathered and get an equal share of it all. He chose the latter, although he wasn't very happy about it.
After the parade we went to a county park and had a picnic lunch there. Dad, S, K, and I played catch and did a little batting practice. We had an old free-bee (sp?) baseball from last year that we played with. I don't think the poor thing was meant to be played with. It was doing just fine 'til Dad pitched it to me. I gave it a nice, solid hit, straight back at Dad. I deformed it. Now there is blue paint on the bat from the ball and a flat spot on the ball from the bat. After I hit it a few more times, the S, K, and Rapunzel, and even Mom, it no longer bears much resemblance to a baseball. It flies weird. It feels really weird to throw it.
I had to use Rapunzel's old glove, the one Dad got her when she was two years older than K who is now 7. We're keeping our eyes out for a good used one at a garage sale or Goodwill. Mostly I use Dad's, which he's had for a good 20-25 years.
After that we tried to find two more letterboxes. The first one we (guess what!) didn't find! Even after I tramped around and got my legs all scratched up trying to find it. But I found the second one. It was really easy, the directions told exactly where to find it, didn't have to search at all. But the stamps were interesting. It was hidden by the same person I mentioned before, the one who did the Buffalo Bill Cody one. He hand carves the stamps, and they're really intricate. I'll put pics on here soon.


Yesterday, after cleaning for a house showing, I finished a last practice painting of one of the butterflies. It's the one (if you look back a few posts) in the circle with the flowers. Tomorrow or day after I'll start on the final paintings.


I'm going to go be sociable now. We're at my grandparents' house now and everyone else is in the living room talking. Have a wonderful day!!
~Candy-stuffed Kiwifruit