It is 68 degrees and cloudy outside today making it seem a bit surreal that the 4th of July was just yesterday. Urban legend around Portland is that it always rains on the Fourth only to give way to our glorious sunny, low humidity summer. While the weather has been quite glorious the last two weeks, legend proved true and brought gray skies and cool temps to our July 4th weekend. While the bathing suits were not out, the fireworks were...and in abundance. Our neighbors filled the sidewalks and streets lighting both legal and some quite spectacular illegal fireworks prompting our friend Kevin to remark that our neighborhood felt like something out of another era- 1940s or 50s perhaps. Children waved flags and the Portland sky lit up with lights and smoke for almost three hours. 
Eleanor is wowed by holding fire in her very own hand. Mama wasn't quite so sure about this...
The eyes are looking a bit weary as Rynn lights up a sparkler at 10pm- hours past bedtime- but what are you going to do when it doesn't get dark here until ten o'clock!
Rynn pretends to be sledding with some neighborhood friends and future fellow classmates at Richmond Elementary.
Looks like a fun time! Great to meet Richmond folks...the school years are beginning!
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