4th of July fuegos artificiales, aka fireworks

Today is the 4th of July, and Independence Day for the United States of America and its citizens.

One of the celebratory festivities associated with this Holiday are fireworks!

Well We had our own fireworks here last night!   Check these out!

Happy 4th of July America!!!!

by the way - the flower blossoms are pitaya blossums,

they will become beautiful and tasty pitaya fruit.

Updates to Previous Posts

After I posted Front Wall Project - Se Acaba, there were several requests to see what the inside looked like. Well - hereit is. It still needs to be painted, The new wall is painted, but not the rest of the house. I've planted a few things in the garden, but there is still more needed.

These shots are from the side where we park the car looking to the other side. You can see the porton (Garage door), and the garden.

This shot shows a bit of the front of the house, like I said, it needs paint.

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In the post about Pitaya, I mentioned the vine growing on the wall. Well it has produced one bud now turned to blossom, and should also end up producing a fruit. It is an amazing flower so I'm posting a few too many photos of it.

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From the Apagon Mundial post - we weren't actually at home that evening, but we did prep the house for our absence, with the exception of the fridges, yes two, and a night lite for the birds. We were at a little soire hosted by friends Ricardo and Spike. So at the appointed hour we switched out all the lights, and the radio, and sat in the moonlight and continued with our visiting. After 20 minutes or so someone started turning on lights and we all bemoaned the brightness and used way less lights the rest of the evening.

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OK and a few gratuitous puppy pics

Tropical Fruit - Pittaya, Pitaya

This is the Pitaya vine growing over the wall in my garden from my neighbors house. The flowers will bloom at the ends of the vine, and then that is where the fruit will form. Therefore, I have planted several pieces of vine on my side so that the neighbor will benefit as well

This is how beautiful is the fruit, and in all honesty this isn't a particularly lovely example.

OH - But look at this!

Here's what Wikipedia says about Pitaya

The fruit has a lovely light custardy texture, with tiny soft seeds similar to those in a kiwi. The flavor is very subtle, mostly they are just a light custardy refreshing sensation. Quite popular here is an Agua de Pitaya, which is just simply the fruit, some water, and some sugar all run through the blender.

OK, gotta go, my snack awaits!