The Fourth of July has come and gone, but we're still enjoying reading about all of the ways the HouseBlogging.com community has celebrated. We thought you might, too, so here's a collection of Fourth of July posts for your reading pleasure!
The Holiday Project
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- Category: This D*mn House
- Published on Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Authors: NV
I didn’t see any fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend. I saw lots and lots of bricks though.
That’s because I finally got around to that landscaping project that kept eluding me. Or, more accurately, the first phase of it. This involved taking up about two dozen landscaping timber pieces (which I loathed, hated and despised), c...
Red, White, and Boom
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- Category: Decor and the Dog
- Published on Monday, 04 July 2011
Authors: DecorandtheDog
Happy 4th of July!! Hope everyone is have a fun and relaxing holiday week-end!
We’ve been enjoying summer by:
Drinking from the hose…
Enjoying a peaceful Iowa sunset from a gravel road…
And watching fireworks down by the Mississippi river…
How are you enjoying the long week-end?
Linking up to: Tail Wagging Tuesday
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Baby, you're a firework
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- Category: Newly Woodwards
- Published on Monday, 04 July 2011
Authors: Kim @ NewlyWoodwards
You should know a few things today.
First - I love Katy Perry's song Firework. It's my ring tone and pretty much any time I listen to my iTunes, this song is in the mix. It's my painting anthem. (You are welcome for not taking video of myself singing this while painting.) And I couldn't think of a better way to title...
I always feel that this is about as good as it gets
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- Category: Our Tiny Oak Park Bungalow
- Published on Monday, 04 July 2011
Authors: Chris
Hope everyone had a great 4th of July. Every walk through the garden at this time of year seems to be great. All of the flowers have not bloomed but most of them are still standing upright and nothing has started to wither too badly. It always seems that the heat and strong storms that the next few weeks...
Happy Birthday, Eads (and America, too)!
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- Category: This D*mn House
- Published on Monday, 04 July 2011
Authors: NV
It’s the Fourth of July and the birthday of our nation – Happy Birthday, USA!
During this country’s first century, work was under way on a structure that would span the Mississippi, connecting St. Louis to its neighbors to the immediate east in Illinois. The Eads Bridge was officially dedicated on July 4, 1874.
Here she is. (With the...
