Our Fourth of July was...

[derien]

...a little more weeding, then went to the Farmer's Market in Portland and got dill and three different thyme plants (all creeping varieties, but with white, purple and lavender flowers) which we think we'll plant in areas we just weeded as a ground cover, and later toured the back yard a little and realized that there's bamboo encroaching. Crap. I guess I know what I'll be doing. Forever. I'm sure my neighbors would not be pleased with me if I used the salted earth method, but that's the only way to get rid of bamboo, from what I've read. Just kill the crap out of everything and let it be dead for a few years.

Had some sun before and between two absolutely drenching thunderstorms, but it wasn't raining during the fireworks in the evening so I'm sure the crowd was happy. We discovered we could see the fireworks from our bedroom window if we stand on our bed, and we watched for a few minutes.