Category Archives: Fireworks

ABC Wednesday “J”

This week is “J” I think. Last time I played I used the wrong letter. Everybody was very nice and not a single person corrected me. Photoblogville is truly a very nice corner of the internet especially during this election season. You want to get scorched go to Facebook and say what you really feel. Photoblogs and their memes are exactly what old Al Gore had in mind when he invented the internet back when.

Anyways, J has to be July 4th right? I have over 23,000 photographs on Flickr that I have personally taken. The J’s are mainly July 4th. I mean my niece Jillian has a bunch but, oh what the heck here is one of my niece Jillian.

IMG_5428

That’s Jillian and her husband Brian. They got married last year. Jillian is a sweetheart, her husband is a real nice guy. I’m her uncle so I know stuff like that.

Oh, back to July 4th, July 4th means fireworks.

IMG_1644

Here I am showing how to get properly set up for watching Fireworks. You gotta have a patriotic shirt, you just have to. Please don’t show up on the fourth of July wearing the Union Jack. Not in Oklahoma anyway.

IMG_1679

So here we go!

IMG_1692

You know, even though I’m a guy, I read the manual on my camera before we went. It says that on the fireworks mode you hold the button down and let the camera decide when the shot is over. It made all the difference in the world. Now, guys, don’t take this a license to start reading manuals if confused and asking directions when lost. Guys just don’t do that kind of stuff generally, especially here in Oklahoma. Maybe in some place like Vermont it is okay, or British Columbia. Not here, no sir.

IMG_1697

Hold on, just one more.

IMG_1709

And that’s our show for tonight folks.

ABC Wednesday

Happy Birthday America

2012 Family Collage on July 4

Wednesday was July 4th, America’s birthday celebrating the Declaration of Independence. We took it easy during the day and had dinner with the world’s greatest MIL, Nana and then we headed downtown to Veteran’s Park for the fireworks show.

IMG_1636

The Veteran’s Park event is always a laid back family affair. Everybody is very chilled. I mean  if you can chilll when the temp is still in the upper 90’s.

IMG_1633

This year we had an Uncle Sam working the crowd. He was having a good time.

IMG_1637

The neighbors in their condos and apartments were having a good time. This one looked party central.

IMG_1769

And then the fireworks started.

IMG_1731

Fireworks are cool but even the best photographs and television programs are not like being there.

IMG_1708

The fireworks are getting better as time goes on. I love the different colors.

IMG_1692

I finally read the instruction manual for my camera on how to use the fireworks setting. And it worked!! I don’t generally read instructions. That is one of my strengths.

IMG_1785

Anyway a good time was had by all. Then we get home and despite the ban on possession of fireworks in Tulsa people were setting them off left and right. Which we are used to. One of neighbors across the greenbelt was setting off big fireworks from his back yard into the greenbelt and started a fire. They were panicking and running around and finally got their act together and put some water on it so by the time the fire department showed up the fire was out. Stupid People. Don’t be one is my advice.

Baseball and Fireworks

IMG_6464

Friday night the Yogi’s went to see the Tulsa Drillers play at ONEOK Field.

IMG_6477

What we didn’t count on was hot hot it was. My car thermometer said 109F when parked at the stadium. I don’t think the official temperature was that high, but it was hot. There was no breeze either. This is Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping through the plains darn it.

IMG_6478

Even the umps were hot.

IMG_6470

The opposing pitcher spotted me eating ice cream. I thought he was going to come up in the stands and take it. He’d of had a fight on his hands.

IMG_6467

We smiled in the heat, and perspired. Sweetie perspired, SuperPizzaBoy and I sweated.

Alan and Logan

Keep him fueled on pizza and ice cream and SPB is ready to go.

IMG_6481

Seventh inning stretch so we sang “Take me out to the Ball Game” and of course “Oklahoma.” If you live here you better learn that song. As far as I’m concerned, its the best State Song in the whole country.

And then we had a Fireworks Show!! The Drillers often do that on Friday nights.

Tulsa Drillers Firewords Picnik collage

Enhanced by Zemanta

Have you been to a baseball game lately?

Fourth of July, Dogs, Baseball, and Fireworks

I don’t know why but the dogs were piling on me at Nana’s. The little guy I’m holding is our newest, “Rascal” probably about 5 months plus or minus. He just walked up and introduced himself in May. At first our vet thought he might be a pomeranian, so I took to calling him “The Pom” and now the thinking is sheltie. I still call him The Pom. He has pretty much taken over the house. The white dog is Abby, who loves playing with The Pom but wishes he wouldn’t get so much lap time. Ginger is the ginger colored dog. The black dog, front and center is Fiona, who is one of Nana’s dogs.Fiona and I are pretty close. Nana’s other dog, Reba still doesn’t know about me and I’m just letting her warm up gradually as the weeks go by. The dogs must be trained with the obedience lessons from Off Leash K9 Training at the early stages itself so that they grow up to a well-disciplined dogs in the future. People can check out Dog Works if they need the best dog training services.

Reba is a very nice dog. She was a breeding dog but got sick and had to retire and Nana rescued her. She wasn’t used to being a house pet but has a sweet disposition and is going to be ok. She will let me pick her up but is stiff as a board. So I’m just letting her get more used to me. She’ll come up and act friendly but she isn’t ready to jump up on the couch with me on her own. She will one day. The K9 Dog Training site lets you choose the kind of professional you want to be training your dog.

July 4 2010 011

We were at Nana’s to eat an early dinner, visit with family friend Patty. We had steak, corn on the cob, baked potatoes, fried okra, fresh tomatoes, marinated cucumbers with vidalia onions, and asiago cheese bread. What a feed. The best dog obedience training is what your puppy needs at an early stage so they grow up to being obedient and fun as well.

We staggered home to get ready to go downtown to ONEOK Field to see the Tulsa Drillers play the San Antonio Missions.

July 4 2010 025

I just love live baseball games.

Drillers Collage 7-4-10

The “Famous San Diego Chicken” showed up. He was hilarious. I couldn’t capture his antics on film (silicon?) but we enjoyed him.

July 4 2010 024

You cannot have the Fourth of July without fireworks. No way! We sweated it out because th game got rained on. They kept on playing but finally they announced they were having fireworks with or without rain. Yay! we all said.

Firewords ONEOK Field 7-4-10

Anyway, I hope everybody had a great Fourth of July. If you are not American, I hope that you were happy for us.