Belated Fourth

Well, I'm about a week late, but I thought I should acknowledge the Fourth. Monrovia has very nice traditions of celebrating and getting people to come out on a regular basis. That is one of the reasons I moved here. I've never lived anywhere that has a feeling of a community, and I do feel it here ... I'm just not always out in it! The nature of my work requires me to address issues at any hour of the day or night, but then again I will often have down time at odd hours as well.

Monrovia had its own fireworks display, and people display good behavior most of the time. :) It's a place where you get a friendly smile more often than a hurried frown, and it's not unusual to see people walking past holding hands. The ice cream parlor is always busy in the summer.

Photo by Shalf