Happy 4th of July.

No celebrations in Germany, either.

We do not celebrate it either.

That made me laugh but wait till you see what our Queen has to say! I hope l can find her speech! To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: English Jokes. In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy). Your new Prime Minister, David Cameron, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: (You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.) 1. Look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. 2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour', 'favour', 'labour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the suffix '-ise'. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary'). 3. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season. God Save the Queen!

@garymarsh6 If only.

@garymarsh6 We are going to try! Waiting for kids to get here!

Have a great day.

@garymarsh6 Thank you, very nice. We're not officially making a big fuss over it this year because of the finding of 251 graves of native children on the grounds of a residential school...

Oh I am so sorry excuse my ignorance. I had to just look it up. It is probably because you knuckle down & don't make a big fuss over it. I promise next year l shall make a point of coming here & sending a greeting just for you & other members in Canada.

@garymarsh6 Hi Gary, all is well here. We are now allowed to go shopping again in Italy, in the area near the border it is without restrictions, the mask still mandatory. We went grocery shopping there yesterday morning.

Hi Anna Oh yes poor Princess Grace. Hope all is well?

Hi @DianneN yes all okay this side of the pond thank you. I hope all is well with you & your family.Have a lovely day. I hope you are getting together with your family at some point today?

@DianneN Lovely. Happy times!

@garymarsh6 Sorry for the late reply. Happy all is well across the pond. We have had plenty of wonderful times with the family now that we’ve all been vaccinated. Yes, thanks. We spent the holiday with our younger son and his girlfriend.

Thank you.

Happy July 4th!

Mainly just in London but not where l live although my daughter has gone to her American friends for BBQ.

@garymarsh6 We will.

Enjoy & have fun!

We do not celebrate it ourselves!

At least you have something to look forward too which is always good!

@garymarsh6 I only these days celebrate if I even do that our Independence Day. I left all the things behind that I used to celebrate back there there. I only celebrate Jewish things here. July 4th to me was just another day.

Thank you Sam.