A happy day to all of you, my merry Canadian friends! July 4th, they will be (last I heard) shooting off fireworks from way up on Pike's Peak summit. They did for New Years, I could see them oh so distantly from my deck. My Maryland daughter emailed me, having heard the rumor of my travels to DC next week. She wonders if I'd like to go to the Annapolis Irish Festival on the 12th, which will be a very long day and night, from one 11 to the next, and probably a very hot one. Hmmm... I'm thinking... Sign in to see full entry.