We had booms going off until past my bedtime. Larry kept waking up and when I finally went to bed, he was awake and kept me up talking. lol The cats did not like the big booms. Also, it is illegal to shoot fireworks in your own yard. People do it anyway. Larry's son got a warning as they had the police drive around their neighborhood. They have 3 dogs!

More fireworks tonight at the Fair St. Louis. The first day there were 75,000+ attending. They are having it in our beautiful Forest Park as the Arch grounds are taking over a major renovation. There were water skiing performances, wakeboarding, shows with big name acts, food, and of course, fireworks. You could also visit the zoo, art or history museums there as well. Nice but too much for us these days. We avoid crowds but the weather was terrific this year.

We stay home and enjoy cook outs and watch the fireworks from patio. We will go next door as our neighbors are having a cookout on their driveway. We have not met the new neighbors so this will be a good opportunity.

Julie

Here in our town you can't use fireworks in the city limits nor can they be sold. The shops are set up outside city limits and you can't discharge a firearm either in the city limits Now Fort Hood can do what ever they want on that military base so they hold a fireworks show and all who come can see it to the end of the show all free of charge!!

Most people sit in their vehicles along the highway but off the roadways to watch the firework show every 4th of July!! I bet the Army spends plenty for that much fireworks of every kind you can imagine!! It all is over at 10 pm but fun to see for adults and kids of all ages!!

I can see the show from my front yard all the sky is lit up for a couple hours!!!

Not only the noise, but I have to check my roof to make sure there aren't any rockets smoldering up there. My neighbor across the street fires all his stuff directly into my yard, as a passive aggressive way to let me know my landscaping is not quite up to his standards. I usually gather them all up the next day and stick them in his mailbox as a thank you ;-)

Colleen: that is unbelieveable! To deliberately put someone - your neighbor even - at risk, with a disabled husband? I am continually surprised at the disregard of others.

Mary Beth is on a rant about "kindness." Mainly some family issues, but just the world at large. So I am trying and really, I see kindness every day. Usually from total strangers. Today a gentleman unloaded my groceries into the truck and took my cart back.

That is just so rude. Be safe - glad you are on the look out. Just so sad. Debbie

I should have mentioned, this is from before the stroke. We've been here 11 years now. The neighborhood is like a family, and everyone unfortunately has their quirks. As I'm sure we do! Haven't been up on the roof yet, too busy this weekend, house still standing though ;-)

My husband does firworks, the kids from accross the street love to watch with my grandkids. We don't have a lot of pets living on the street, and we are finish by 9pm. I make sure that everything is clean up with the help of the kids. We can also watch Disney's which is the best.

Yvonne