Upon reading that I had recently been: a) divebombed by a bad in broad daylight, b) had two ... engaged squirrels fall out of a tree and into my lap, and c) been stung by a bee, which resulted in a three-day benadryl binge, a friend suggested I might want to stay indoors on the 4th. I'm alive today and here to report that I did venture out and suffered little more than a mosquito bite!

So Ha!

It was not a good day for me to be outdoors. First, two frisky squirrels fell out of a tree and into my lap. Then, on a mountain bike ride at Umstead yesterday evening ...

Squirrels! Duck!