You might have noticed that my public persona has been relatively quiet as of late. Well, let me assure you that it certainly is not from lack of adventures. In fact, I'd say that it is quite the opposite!
If you recall, I made some posts in May about gallivanting adventures with our grandson, Joshua, who lives in Bristol, Virginia. As luck would have it, he and his mama ended up making the trip here at the end of June, and they are staying for a couple of months until their new home is ready for their family to set up residence. In the meantime, Joshua wakes every morning, eager to delve into some sort of fun, and let's face it....there are plenty of opportunities to entertain.
Early July means blueberries, and we wasted no time picking some luscious fruit from our bush, and set to making and baking a tempting blueberry coffeecake.
It was delicious!
The fun of picking blueberries paled into comparison to hunting down Lantern Fly nymphs and spraying them with Dawn Dish Spray. Well, at least it was excitement for a nine year old boy!
He has nicknamed the solution: Dawn of the Dead, and he is now on the lookout for pesky invaders.
With the 4th of July just a few days away, he helped me with some household decorating to help make the place a bit more festive. We weren't entertaining guests, but it was still fun to have the red, white and blue fanfare to spruce up the place a bit. I'm sure the neighbors raised an eyebrow at the sudden spurt of patriotism that is now visible from the street.
That's a LOT of flags, for sure!
The 4th began with the annual Wyomissing Parade, which was a bit smaller than in years past, but Joshua had nothing to compare it with. It was his first REAL parade, and he had fun scooping up candy and enjoying the participants.
There were bands to entertain
Babies
Doggies
Lots of kiddie participants
Vintage cars
A patriotic eagle
And firetrucks, old and new
An enjoyable event, for sure.
That evening, we headed out to the Reading Symphony Orchestra's July 4th Spectacular, held on the grounds of the EnerSys Company Headquarters.
It took some time to park the car and haul our chairs over to the field, but we set up with a nice view of the performers.
It was a lovely evening, not too hot, and people were spaced out fairly well, so we could sit back, relax, and listen to the orchestra play their annual hits.
Afterwards, a spectacular fireworks display filled the air, delighting Joshua , and the rest of us as well. It was the first time that Joshua had actually seen such a dynamic showing of fireworks, and he was thoroughly entertained. In fact, it made it worth sitting through the extremely long medley from the musical, "West Side Story".
Pretty grand, don't you think?
The next evening, he and Grandpa made some fun with their own fireworks....mini version. But entertaining, nonetheless.
Let's face it....that Grandpa is Mr. Fun!
And not to worry....there will be many more fun adventures to be shared in the future! Get ready....
