like heaven...

Just when you think you are having a lonely night, ya turn on some hawaiian music, open your LJ and find that a few more wonderful friends have added you...
*wags tail*

Thank you my friends, for all that you truly are... :>

swimming in celebration

July 4th was really amazing... They usually are pretty great!

This year though, it seemed even stronger.. the sense of celebration.. even in the sluggish economy.. it just seemed sort of endless this time.. timeless..

One example seemed like a particularly striking observation to me..

I was driving down the 605 on the way to see the fireworks show at Disneyland, right as the sun had finished setting.. and ..all around me, there were fireworks going off, along both sides of the freeway.. nearly all the way down there, for the entire half hour drive. It was absolutely spectacular, and very invigorating.. I mean, it did occur to me, what if a rocket went the wrong way and zig zagged right into traffic!.. But the amazing feeling of being together as americans just sort of washed that all away, as I let myself be drawn into the patriotic moment..
And then at the park after arriving, the show was a magnificent finale to the evening!

After I got back home, the occasional snaps-crackles-and-pops were fading into a lullaby.. as I drifted to sleep..

Happy Independence Day.. to you all :> !