One Last Word ...

about Independence, that is!

I stopped downtown on the square to eat at Clinton's. This was the soda fountain where President Truman first worked as a 15 year old boy, and I had a lovely bowl of chili while I looked at a memorial wall with pictures of the President.  There was no other business, it was such a cold and windy day, but it was a great ending to my day of seeing my son and looking at the beautifully dressed mansions.

Not a creature was stirring, just me!

Soda fountain where the future president worked!

And with that, that's the end of Independence for this Christmas!

Happy Independence Day!

Friday morning, Keith and Brandon left for Tucson, Arizona, and the University of Arizona baseball camp. They took the VW Bug, my transportation, to save on gas costs... leaving me the van and truck. I had forgotten how much gas it took to run the bigger vehicles!

Grandsons Chris and Nathan came up for the weekend to celebrate our Independence Day, and help around Calamity Acres. We had a picnic with my brother and sister in law, and in the late evening, shot off our legal fireworks in the "front" yard, where they would not bother the animals. Though it stormed Friday night, the clouds held their rain and we had a mild, windy fourth.