Happy Indpendence Day

The fourth was always my dad's favorite holiday. We don't live within city limits so all our extended family would come and light their fireworks with us. Even now I can't help and think of it as a special holiday and brings to mind all the happy times we had with my dad. His pocket watch always hangs from my bedpost so this week it seemed appropriate to take a photograph of it. There's not much substance to the actual photo without the words to accompany it, but in exchange I present a small piece of my dad in my younger brother who is visiting and is so much like my dad in looks and his indomitable spirit.