We had a fun 4th of July neighborhood BBQ today. Lots of food, good conversation, and kids running up and down the block. And then when the sun went down, of course it was time to take some fireworks pictures. I didn’t actually go over to the freedom fest, as I can see the firework pretty good from the balcony on the back of our on-post housing. I pretty...

This was originally posted last year (2009), but as I’m getting my tripod out, and charging up my camera batteries in preparation for tomorrow, I thought it might be appropriate to bring it back to the front page of the blog. I hope you find it helpful. With the 4th of July Holiday coming tomorrow, I bet quite a few people are planning to go out and try to...

With no kids in the house (mine are in North Carolina, and Ana’s are with their dad) we decided that sitting home and watching lifetime movies just wasn’t going to be a very good way to spend the 4th of July, so we took a quick jaunt up to Schofield to check out the holiday festivities.Luckily we were there early, so it wasn’t overly crowded. ...