July 4th, 2011

    I borrowed a couple of fireworks from a box my son has, and drew them for the fourth of July, and posted them when I got back from watching fireworks up the river... a display put on by the small local town. 
    It was really nice; we tied up between some craggy old dead cypress stumps and listened to the bands set up along the waterfront play patriotic songs, old rock songs and rock-a-billy. It was lit up like a carnival and the different colors dancing on the water were their own kind of fireworks. A half dozen little brown bats came and swooped erratically over the boat, but there was a light breeze and no insects bothered us. The temperature seemed to be exactly body temperature, so if it hadn't been for the breeze you might have had a hard time delineating your skin if you were dozy... but the families and friends on the boats around us were partying just enough to keep it lively out on the water, too. 
    The fireworks were gorgeous and varied; some like Queen Anne's lace, some like a swarm of giant befuddled electric bees looking for the flower that had just disappeared... there were parasols, blow-up balls, and a star and happy face or two... 
    This morning I added the two matches on top of the large firework, which needed a little livening up, and fixed the bottom left corner of that one. By the way:  That's not really the name of that one, but I didn't want to be drawing - essentially - an ad-type thing, so... just a little humor.