An end to darkness

And about time! The usual summer squalls blew thru the area yesterday but, being of unusual intensity, knocked out power to much of the area. We lost ours around 5 p.m. and didn't get it back until noon today, then had it go out again around 5:30, to return around 9 p.m. As a result, we didn't do anything for the 4th; our friends' pre-fireworks ice cream party was canceled (downed power lines in their neighborhood made it too dangerous) and with no electricity, we couldn't watch A Capitol Fourth on TV. So the Chief went to bed early (he'd been up on the roof doing some patching and gutter cleaning in the 90-plus-degree heat) while I read by flashlight and listened to the booms of local fireworks. Couldn't see 'em because of all the trees in our neighborhood, but boy, could we hear 'em!