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I HURRIED TO PUT THE DEVIL IN THE eggs, so as not to be late to the Fourth of July cookout with extended family.

And then I gave it a dressy disguise...

...and carted it off to compete with all the very angelic side dishes--the bowls of summer fruit salad, pasta salad, cole slaw, baked beans, first-of-the-season corn-on-the-cob.


The weather behaved so admirably, as did the neighbors with their slightly illegal fireworks...







Of course, there was lots more fireworks viewing to be had--en route home, and far into the evening--teeny tiny displays on every hand.

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Altogether, it was a lovely Independence Day celebration. I'd give it fifty stars.
Maybe even throw in a few stripes, too.

And just look how we cleaned up the devil...!


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