Yes, very lame, especially when I could have been at the fireworks I was watching. Fireworks aren't very good on TV either. And then the camera angle changes every three seconds....I went down to the parade, but was turned back by the rain. So were many of the marchers, I read later. I just couldn't see going through all the trouble to get my camera and tripod and umbrella down to the Mall for a steamy (my lenses fog up as soon as I leave the house) possibly wet trip to struggle to find a place to sit(?) among tens of thousands of other people. Good weather, sure! But not in the rain and thunderstorms. Maybe next year.

Oh yeah, note the mess on the kitchen/dining room/living room counter and my leg. The leg is healing well, after 2 months and three days.