fun and festive fireworks

Ok so I haven't posted in a while. There was all the end-of-the-school-year stuff including prom (pre, actual and post) and graduation (pre, actual and post), plus parties and let's not forget the driver's license. Yes, she got it! Now I must calm my nerves enough to allow her to actually DRIVE... Oh, and all the planning for that daughter's trip to England, Israel, England, Switzerland and Israel with the cousins. And the Mr.'s triathlon for which I was enormously supportive (according to me) during training and the event. I will admit to having spent quite a lot of time doing a couple of things for myself as well - playing rounds of golf and making batches of hot fudge sauce.

But now I'm back and last night we went to watch the fireworks with our lovely neighbors. They do ALL the work setting up the picnic area in the park and we show up with our bits and pieces of contribution - last night it was swiss chard tart and green salad with lemon vinaigrette. There's nothing quite like dining outdoors with family and friends especially when dessert is Ina's brownie tart. And after dessert, fireworks: this year they seemed a little too close and a little too noisy but visually they were as spectacular as ever.