I loved those snakes. Probably still do I guess.
tommy | Homepage | 07.04.05 - 8:04 pm | #

Have a great 4th, Mamacita
FTS | Homepage | 07.04.05 - 8:20 pm | #

No such spots on my deck (see today's entry and you'll know that!).

Oh wait--I don't have a deck. None on my patio or front porch, either.

So I'll skip the bottle rockets, thank you, but please pass the strawberries!

(this failed the first try; sorry if it shows up twice!).
Bluegrass Mama | Homepage | 07.04.05 - 9:57 pm | #

What I have are scars from getting hit by stray bottle rockets! Happy 4th to you and yours.
Junebugg | Homepage | 07.04.05 - 10:10 pm | #

My parents' house always had black spots because of those little snap 'n pops - the little pieces of paper that would explode when thrown against a hard surface. I can't buy them in the state I now live, but whenever I travel to another state where they're for sale, I always pick up a couple of boxes for old times' sake.

Happy Independence Day to you too!
Diva | Homepage | 07.04.05 - 11:58 pm | #

No spots here; I'm scared of fireworks so we don't do them. I saw on GMA this week that sparklers burn at 2000 degrees, so I sure hope no one steps on them!

Happy Fourth!
kenju | Homepage | 07.05.05 - 1:59 am | #

I hope you had a great Fourth of July, Mamacita! I did, and I still have all my fingers, which is good, because I lost them before, but the doctors was able to put them back together, like humpty dumpty, but I'm not an egg.

I hope you are sleeping well tonight, and you have a great day today, with lots of sun and icecream!
Rockchild | Homepage | 07.05.05 - 3:13 am | #

Did you burn the deck?
Scully | Homepage | 07.05.05 - 12:41 pm | #

see, you're so nice, Mamacita. if I had kids and they lit the snakes on the porch and make black marks, I'd be freaking out - "damn kids! do it on the road - not my porch! look at the stains!"

I mean, the SIDE of the road - not the middle. I'm not THAT mean.
Dawn (webmiztris) | Homepage | 07.05.05 - 1:04 pm | #

"...run the sweeper.."?? Is that what you call your Hoover? (I guess some people would say vacuum cleaner, but those were invented long after the Hoover.)
Old Horsetail Snake | Homepage | 07.05.05 - 1:20 pm | #

I have no deck but plenty of the memories of which you speak
Heather | Homepage | 07.05.05 - 10:11 pm | #

No burn spots, no black streaks, fireworks are illegal where I live! They are legal in the county but given it's been 30 days without rain they asked folks to restrain themselves.

We watched them in Asheville - spectacular!
Guusje | Homepage | 07.05.05 - 10:37 pm | #