This is my belated post and wish:

Happy Independence Day! Happy Birthday, U.S.A!

This Fourth of July, we went to see the fireworks show that was being put on by the Homestead Air Reserve Base for its personnel and guests.

They had also done dinner, music, and who knows what other fun stuff during the evening. But given the late hour, our Littles’ attention spans, and the mosquito problem, we opted to just swing by for the show.

Jewel got to bounce in a bounce house for a few minutes before they wrapped up, and we all enjoyed free cotton candy and watermelon.

Then came the fireworks…

I must back up and explain the weather. July 3rd brought thunderstorms, and overnight Wolf and I had some concerns about the severity of the storm, being in our flimsy little RV trailer. It subsided, but continued to rain off and on all day on the 4th.

It dried up in the late evening, allowing the foreworks show to proceed as scheduled.

God provided an amazing show, with lightning in the clouds providing additional *flash*!

It’s hard to take pictures of fireworks.

It’s hard to take pictures of lighting.

It’s really just about impossible to take pictures of the intersection of the two.

Here’s the closest we got:

In the bottom right corner you see the very light/bright brownish tinted smoke from the fireworks.

But just above that, you can see the glowing blue-tinted clouds that are actually God-illuminated! This was just a remnant of the bright flashes that lit up the sky around the fireworks show.

So with fireworks provided by the U.S. Air Force, and lightning from Heaven, it was truly a once-in-a-lifetime show…