I ended up doing close to nothing yesterday. I was just exhausted most of the day, mostly because I didn't go to bed til midnight because of the loud fireworks and then got up at 6. And, being an introvert, I needed to recharge.

Made honey some hashbrowns to go with the leftover brats and hotdogs and saw him off. Took dog for a walk since that is the only way I've gotten a poo out of him. (But at least he is feeling better and everything is working the way it is supposed to. I think. This morning his poo was dark black again. Did he get into the mulberries or is ir something else?) Stripped and laundered the bedding. And did a lot of just lying around. By 2:30, I'd crawled into bed for an hour nap where I was down for the count!

Once I got up, I felt better and a little more motivated. I went through and deleted 2 months worth of my trail cam pictures and saw many pics of dog, several of that damn baby crow whose parents tormented me, and the daily appearance of a doe. On June 24, the doe pictures included the tiny fawn. (I also saw the fawn IRL on the morning of the 3rd when out for a walk.) Shopped for toy drones for grandson's birthday and found a great deal at Best Buy, so I bought it online and picked it up in-store since I had that old tablet to drop off for recycling. Had a sausage and cheese sandwich for dinner. Canceled the evening phone call with honey to take a bike ride around Como instead. Oh, and I saw the cygnets again. Two were nestled up with their parents, four in the water.

The grass and reeds are getting too tall to get good pics now.

And this, from the 4th in DC. Why do they cover their faces? If they truly believed in their cause, they'd reveal themselves and defiantly stand up for what they believe. Instead, they reveal their true selves: a bunch of cowards hiding behind masks. The same ones who hide behind keyboards to speak to others instead of having direct, face-to-face conversation with a person. Disgusting pieces of trash is what these little boys are.

It occurred to me over the weekend that there is a whole large group of citizens in this country who are just takers. They don’t follow the news, they don’t vote, they don’t care. They just take the freedoms and benefits available that the truly patriotic fight to maintain and provide for all. I find this just as disgusting as the white supremacists. And what triggered this? I saw a group of people walking toward a restaurant. It was their mushy appearance, the way they walked, like they were the only people in the world. Hedonists on their way to fulfill pleasure through food. And it popped into my head: those people meandering across the street in front of me, they don’t vote. I just know they don't. They only live from seeking/taking one pleasure to another. What's in it for them. Crazy, I know. But that's the aura they gave off.

It's going to be hot and humid today. Not sure what I'm going to do on my day off.