Last Year on the Fourth...(Poem-ish thing, and 4th of July Cali, 2016 post) (07-03-17)

Last year on the fourth, we filled the day with endless fun, feeling freshly recovered cheeks burn again under Cali's relentless sun.

Traipsing across the town with new friends in patriotic colours, taking pictures like tourists and laughing at murals. 

Last year on the fourth, I realised that coconut and lime sorbet should probably not be mixed, and that singing 'happy birthday to America' in public is strange, but amazing. 

We cooked a feast large enough for nearly twice our size, before laying out on the itchy grass on our backs to watch the fireworks over the baseball field.

Last year's fourth seems like so long ago, but alas, it was only 365 days. What happens this year seems to be the same as the years before the last fourth, only it is different. 

This fourth one of us is half-a-world-away, and the rest of us will be missing those who are, all the long long day.

As we eat the traditional food, and have the usual conversations, it's so easy  to forget what it is we're celebrating. 241 years ago, a war that began, and would seem to never end, when we decided to fight for freedom, against those treating us wrong.

But the war did not only begin, on July 4th, 1776, or end, 1781, it continues on today, each and everyone has something they're fighting against, for freedom is never truly won until we are at peace. And peace can be so hard to find on the rocky sea that is life.

But on this fourth, take a break, breathe deeply, and live, if for just a moment. You are alive, and sometimes, that has to be good enough. Maybe set a goal for who, and what you want next year you to be on this day, but for now, try to be content with the now.

The awaited promised pictures from one of the many days spent in California last summer:

The Tardis! ^ This is what we drove around for a week with the load of girls and two boys.

Dandelion!

So very festive, aren't we?

Pretty sissies. =)

Red, white, and blue boy.

TCBY.

 ~Fireworks!~

Looks like a dandelion. =)

Bonus picture of me and Saige from last summer, which truly looks vintage if you ask me, on a different day, but still patriotic. 

Also, if you have animals, be sure you're home so the fireworks don't scare them--their ears are most sensitive than ours are. What did you do for the fourth?

<3

~Lu

A Tag or Two For Me and You (Tagged by Evangeline, Period Drama and Sunshine Blogger)

Well hullo dear chums,

it's been awhile since I've done one of these posts, not because I haven't been tagged--simply because I'm lazy, and tags are a lotta work. But I thought I might as well do this one, well, two, and maybe there will be more in the future. Enjoy!

Period Drama Tag I was tagged by Evangeline:

1. Which period drama do you like most?

A: Probably Northanger Abbey, but it's a hard decision.

2. Choose four characters from a period drama that you like most.

A: That I like most or that I am most like?

AnnE Shirley 

Catherine Morland

Amy Dorrit

Marguerite St. Just

3. Which period drama have you recently seen that you recommend to other bloggers?

A: The only one I can think of right now is Roan Inish

4. If you had to choose, which period drama heroine do you like best?

A: Aghhhh, no make me choose.

5. And which period drama hero?

A: HENRY TILNEY. Cough, but also GILBERTTTT, can I get a mix over here, please?

6. Have you ever seen a movie who was exactly, or mostly, the same as the book?

A: Anne of Green Gables? 

7. Which movies do you like most, Jane Austen's movies(example:Emma), Dickens movies(example:Little Dorrit) or the movies from the Brontë sisters(example:Jane Eyre)?

A: Probably Jane's, although sometimes I get in a Dickens or Bronte mood.

8. Would you rather play Emma in Emma, Lizzy in Pride and Prejudice, Catherine in Northanger Abbey, Mary in Downton Abbey, Marian in Robin Hood, Amy in Little Dorrit, or Jane in Jane Eyre?

A: Aghhhhhh, erm, okay Lu, you have to chose...gosh. I want to play Amy, Jane, Catherine and Emma, all for different reasons...I can't pick. Comment below which you think I'd be best as. :)

9. Would you rather have Call the Midwife or Cranford?

A: I've only seen Cranford, so yes.

10. Which period drama that you haven't seen yet would you like to see?

A: ooh, there are lots!

11. Which adaption of Sense and Sensibility do you like most: 1995 or 2008?

A: They're both good, I like the '08 one more for aesthetics, and the other for story--but I'm not sure.

12. And which adaption of Pride and Prejudice do you like most: 1995 or 2005?

A: As P&P, '95, but '05 is a really good movie for just being a movie.

13. Which couple from a period drama movie do you like most?

A: tsk tsk asking me to pick favourites again. Probably Catherine and Henry to be honest. Although Charles and Lucy--

What we have learned in this tag: Lu is dreadful at making up her mind, but I'm sure you already knew that!

I tag Melody Silverleaf and Jess. If you choose to do this, just answer the questions I did above! :)

The Sunshine Blogger Award:

Evangeline's Questions were:

Q1: What's the furthest you've ever been on holiday?

A: To California

Q2: Where would your dream holiday be?

A: Ireland, England, or Canada

Q3: Do you like scary movies?

A: Well--it depends how you define 'scary'

Q4: What's your favourite Milkshake flavour?

A: I am dairy intolerant, but before I realised that I was, it would have been a cookie shake (back before I was GF) or a chocolate shake.

Q5; Have you ever been in a newspaper?

A: Oui! When I was a child.

Q6: How long can you balance on one foot?

A: I'm not too sure.

Q7: Who was better, the Beatles or Elvis Presley?

A: I'm not a terribly big fan of either, I like songs from both? I don't want to say one or the other for fear of friends disowning me.

Q8: What's your favourite type of foreign food?

A: Hard question, I like lots of foods from different places.

That was fun, thank you Evie. Now your turn! My questions for Emery & Jess to answer are:

Q1: What's your favourite colour to wear when you're having a comfy day?

Q2: A book everyone should read?

Q3: Most listened to song currently?

Q4: If you could be one animal for a day...

Q5: Favourite tea blend?

Q6: Favourite social media?

Q7: Most worn pair of shoes?

Q8: You can go to NY for one day, you get tickets to one show and credit for one store, where are you going? and what show will you see? (it doesn't matter if it's currently running or not)



Thanks for stopping by! Would you enjoy seeing more tags in the future?
~Lu