Fireworks filled the air all over the United States as we celebrated the Fourth of July.
We had plenty of good fireworks shows right in the neighborhood. That's one of the benefits of living in a small town.
The month continued to be colorful in surprising ways, such as the blossoming of the Asian Hibiscus in our front yard:
But the end of July was especially "colorful" to the heart. The feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola yesterday brought back memories of Rome, as it always does. I posted about it on social media.
The day was topped off by the rising of the second full moon of the month of July, which is known as the "blue moon." On occasion the moon does look blue (due to atmospheric conditions) but last night it was blue only in our imaginations.
Still it was quite a sight for the end of a colorful month:
