Fourth of July Fireworks

Over the years I have tried and tried to make decent photos of fireworks. Always failing miserably. First of all you have to get the right setting on your camera then try to snap a picture at the exact moment the firework bursts or else you miss it entirely. My camera even has a special setting for photographing fireworks but still they never came out to look like anything but streaks in the sky. Last night I tried everything and then decided to put the camera setting on multi shots... this way all you do is hold down the shutter button and it continously snaps images. Perfect! I then watched for the firework to be launched and followed it in the dark sky and pressed the shutter and held it down. I took 285 photos and these four were my best attemps. I actually got 70 decent shots and deleted all the rest but these are the best of the 70 keepers. We had several friends over, 3 were guitar players and singers so we had a fun night of music.

Burgess Visit

Yesterday we had a delightful visit from my sister and her family. We always have such an enjoyable time with them and yesterday was no exception. They arrived early afternoon and we spent the afternoon just sitting around and talking. David took Lindsey on a ride around the park in the golf cart. It was her first time here and she wanted to see the area. We had planned on going to downtown Greenville for the evening and on the way drove by David's company so they could see where he works. Afterward we went downtown, parked and walked to the restaurant. We had decided upon eating at a place on Main Street called The Blue Ridge Brewing Company. It was good (although the service was very slow). After dinner we walked across the street to listen to the band playing at the Jazz Fest. Jazz on Main is held every Friday night in Greenville, just one of several music events in the city during the warm months. We listened to the band for awhile then walked all the way to the other end of Main Street to Fall's Park and the Liberty Bridge. Debbie and I, who both have a terrible fear of bridges managed to walk all the way across and back. This is a one sided suspension bridge that goes over the Reedy River. We walked around the park area and took a few photos then got on one of the city trolley buses and took the ride around the city as the finale of the evening. So much fun! Below are a few of the pictures. Unfortunately the setting on the camera got changed during the course of the night and most of the photos came out extremely poor quality. The ones posted here were the only decent ones from my camera.

the big copper brewing tanks inside the restaurant

Rusty leads Debbie across the bridge... she was terrified!

Lindsey standing on the Liberty Bridge with the Reedy River and falls in the background