Red and White With Some Blue....

Happy Canada Day

and Fourth of July

and all other assorted red white and /or blue holidays

which means high summer celebrations

which got me wondering if there are any nations out there

that have their big national day in the dead of winter???

I know we all feel more positive in the summer

and well lets be honest

it is very hard to get people together in the dead of winter

so it probably would have been especially hard to get people enthusiastic

about things like independence and nationhood

when all they can think is that they can't feel their toes 

and they wish that what his name would stop hogging the good spot by the fire

and wondering if they will remember 

where they parked the horse and buggy if they have another warming drink

so it probably makes sense that come summer all those forefathers 

were thinking not just of shedding clothes and things

but also of the shackles of whatever country they wanted to be rid of.

We lived in Florida for four years

so we had a few 4th of July celebrations

though for the life of me I still don't understand the correlation 

between hotdogs and independence

but hey it was always fun and full of food and friends 

and my dominant memories were of sitting around the pool

with my Arizona Iced Tea waiting for the fireworks 

to start in the park next to our condo

then scoffing copious amounts of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream

Canada Day is a tougher one

and I must admit to rather limited knowledge of the holiday

but lots of my favourite blogging buddies are Canadian

and some of my favourite tv shows 

like the Republic of Doyle, The Bridge, King, and about 10 others

are all Canadian and don't even get me started 

on the whole Battlestar Gallactica, Stargate being shot there thing

and we all know Maple Syrup makes everything taste better

so it must be a cracking national day in my book.

So to celebrate them both I have painted up some Arizona Tea bottles

which means I am coming clean 

that I didn't give up these addictive bottles of wonderful like I planned to

and while it is very very tenuous 

I have placed the Red Pomegranate bottle next to the White of the Blueberry one

to meet the red and white Canada Day theme over at APR

embarrassingly dodgy link I know Jen...  

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend

we are off for a few family days over winter break

so I am posting this early for PPF

have a great weekend all...xx

My last couple of posts if you want to catch up...

Warm Hands Tea....

Guess Who On A Grand Scale....