4th of July

Celebrated this year's 4th of July in a very 'American' way. Lunch was a barbeque with grilled corn, vegetable skewers and ofcourse, veggie burgers. We had piggybacked on some friends' barbequeing talents the last few times but this time, it was just me and my wife. But all the dishes came out pretty well and it was a very satisfying lunch.

Went to the Santa Clara Central Park for the fireworks. I was there last year also and they put up a pretty good show. The show lasts about 20 minutes and there's a huge crowd on hand. Clicked a bunch of pictures in the 'Fireworks' mode on my A510. The mode sets a 2 second exposure and so wasn't expecting much from the pictures since the camera was handheld and it was a bit windy too. But a few came out OK. The trails of the fireworks came out squiggly due to the camera shake but that just seemed to make the photos jazzier :-)