Happy 4th of July!

Happy Fourth of July! ( . . . for all of my American readers.) We'll be going to a barbecue at Shelby's cousins' house this afternoon. I just finished making fudge -- our contribution, along with a bottle of wine -- just a little while ago. (Digory was eager to try and disprove the eating-a-whole-pan-of-chocolate-gives-dogs-heart-attacks thesis, but as usual, he was tragically rebuffed.)

Then tonight, we get to come home and find out just how much our neighborhood loves illegal fireworks! (Not only are there neighboring cities that still sell 'safe-and-sane' fireworks, we've been hearing some distinctly un safe-and-sane BOOMs and BANGs around the neighborhood over the past couple of days. Fortunately, both dogs are left unruffled by big loud noises.)