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Margaret,
Happy Territory Day! 🇦🇺

Fireworks in So. California are illegal unless performed by professionals, and it will be sad when a fire is started by those not following the local laws. Hoping Australia is safe from further ravages of fires. I am content with the patriotic songs.

Of historical interest, God Save The Queen was the National Anthem until 1984 in Australia. (finding similarities in the tunes we sing/sang/song.)
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Alice Springs is in the Northern Territory of Australia, and 1st July is Territory Day. The only day fireworks are sold and allowed to go off (apart from the public shows). That’s because of the bushfire risks they pose, as well as the long history of injuries. For me it’s 7.30am right now on Saturday 2nd July. I think for the party goers over the road, it’s ‘hang-over day’.
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Canada Day, Up Canada Way

It's Canada Day up Canada way on the first day of July.
And we're shoutin' "hooray" up Canada way, when the maple leaf flies high.
When the silver jets from east to west go streaming through our sky.
We'll be shoutin' "hooray" up Canada way when the great parade goes by.

O Canada, standing tall together!
We raise our hands and hail our flag;
The maple leaf forever!

It's Canada Day up Canada way, on the coast of Labrador.
And we're shoutin' "hooray" up Canada way on the wide Pacific shore.
People everywhere have a song to share on Canada's holiday.
From Pelee Island in the sunny south to the North Pole far away.

O Canada, standing tall together!
We raise our hands and hail our flag;
The maple leaf forever!

It's Canada Day up Canada way, when the long cold winter's done.
And we're shoutin' "hooray" up Canada way for the great days yet to come.
Where maple trees grow maple leaves, when the Northern sun is high.
We're Canadians and we're born again on the first day of July.

O Canada, standing tall together!
We raise our hands and hail our flag;
The maple leaf forever!

It's Canada Day up Canada way, from the lakes to the prairies wide.
And we're shoutin' "hooray" up Canada way on the St. Lawrence river side.
People everywhere have a song to share on Canada's holiday.
From Pelee Island in the sunny south to the North Pole far away.

O Canada, standing tall together!
We raise our hands and hail our flag;
The maple leaf forever!
We raise our hands and hail our flag;
The maple leaf forever!


Credits
Writer(s): Tom Charles Connors (Stompin' Tom)
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That explains it! Celebrations coast to coast in Canada, from Vancouver to Ontario. It was said (by a Canadian), that Canadians celebrate patriotism in their hearts, not on their sleeves? (Not rowdy like the U.S.A.?).

At midnight 🕛 on Friday in the U.S.A., there will be enough celebrations in the U.S.A. to be heard up in Canada way into the 4th of July.

We will take over from here, no problem! 🥳️ 🥳️ 🇨🇦 🥳️ 🇺🇸 🍉 💫 💥

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🎉 🎆 🎇 🎈

🔔 🔔 🔔 🔔 🔔 🔔 🔔 🔔 🔔 🔔 🔔 🔔 🔔 🔔

🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎇 🎇 🎇 🎇 🎇

🕛 🎇

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Happy Canada Day!

All love and respect to my Canadian friends. 💞💖💞

Here, you can help the younger Canadians celebrate in song.

God save our gracious Queen!
Long live our noble Queen!
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen.
Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour,
Long may she reign.
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause,
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen.

You are a blessed people!
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No celebrating going on here Send.
After all the whining about pandemic restrictions for the last 2 years when pretty much everything is lifted we get nothing but free swimming at the pool today and fireworks at 10:00 (yeah no, that's past my bedtime).
To paraphrase someone on the town's Facebook page "wow, they went all out" 🙄
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CWillie,
Enjoy your celebration! What is more enjoyable than a walk passing a church with patriotic music? 🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day!

The tune of "God Save The Queen" is also the National Anthem, Royal Anthem, and Imperial Anthem of 15 countries, kingdoms, empires, and federations.

Here in the U.S.A. we sing : "My Country Tis of Thee": 🇺🇸
to the same tune.
1831 - 1931
written by Samuel Francis Smith

My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From ev'ry mountainside
Let freedom ring!

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Our fathers' God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright,
With freedom's holy light,
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God our King.


source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/miscellaneouslyrics/patrioticsongs
lyrics/mycountrytisoftheelyrics.html
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Chocolates and prosecco and binging on Siendfield, the best show ever IMO, followed by Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Serenity Now! As Frank Castanza said!
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A church in my town has a carillon and I got to hear God Save the Queen (well, it is an Anglican church) followed by Oh Canada on my walk this morning.
I kinda wonder how many people younger than I am know the words to God Save the Queen, or even recognize the tune 🤔
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Thanks, Send . A good day to celebrate. 🍁🍁🍁
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Thank you, Send! Wishing everyone a very Happy Canada Day! Looking forward to some sunshine.:-)
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Thank you Send!
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Happy Birthday Canada!
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Very soon, I may need to reinstate some more chocolate in my life, just to cope with the everyday of it all.

Chocolate is my very favorite thing.
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I'm dancing to a few of my favourite songs, ones whose tempo isn't quite right for my workouts. Ike and Tina, Proud Mary... rollin' 😁
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Becky: What is the lake's name?
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Northern Lights are beautiful. We see them here at the lake 4 or 5 times a year. Usually in late July or August.
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My other favorite movie: "You've Got Mail".
And the sound the internet makes when it was connecting to e-mail-way back when...
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What day is it? asked Pooh. 🐻

It is today. Squeaked Piglet. 🐷

My favorite day. Said Pooh. 🧸️
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There are two Eagles hatching and bringing up their young on a live feed.
Was it Big Bear?
On the news.
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I've got a playlist of some of The Beatles greatest hits playing on YouTube...oh yeah!🎵💃
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I love toasted cheese sandwiches with real colby cheese, ribs, a good steak. Jimmy Dean sausage sandwiches, Popeyes chicken. Watching the birds at my bird feeder. Seeing my nervous rescue dog relax and enjoy herself. Being ambushed by my cat. Watching nature movies. Gaming on my computer. Seeing my husband laugh at my jokes. Taking my glasses off so I can't see the wrinkles in the mirror. Watching Bondi Vet, disaster movies, documentaries. Walking in the woods. Putting candles around my bath. Christmas lights all year round. Japanese teapots. Grazing on Deviant Art. Grazing on the internet. Imgur for funnies. Curious things and trivia. Oh, those tiny M&M's that come in a tube, also mini chocolate chips and mini turtles, Bobs Sweet Stripes mints. And oh goodness, I left out 5 cups of coffee each and every day, sometimes with Kaluah. I'm sure I'm leaving something out. (grin) I'll be back . . .
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The news cycle over the holiday break can be an endless round of reruns and the year in review stuff which is frustrating for a news junkie like me, but the beautiful pictures of the first newly born babies of the year always make me smile 💖
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Send: No problem and thank you.
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Llama,
Wishing for a cure, any cure for you.
There is no actual evidence for or against chocolate being a cure. So, you are right. Apologies.
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Send: It's a chronic health condition. Thank you, though. I don't know about chocolate curing it. You're joshing, right?
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Well, the chocolate covered almonds are gone now. I really needed the fiber in the almonds. I stopped just before the arsenic in the almonds killed me. Lol.

I think that chocolate can cure pre-syncope Llama. Hoping you feel generally better, much better.

Everyday should be a chocolate day. I guess one could make that happen if you ate only one piece and savored it.

Chocolate is a favorite!
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Chocolate....mmmmmmm I'm getting better. I don't scarf the whole chocolate bar anymore. I put one piece in my mouth and savor it. Ahhh........
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cw: True that.
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mmmm, chocolate
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Isn't every day a chocolate sort of day? I mean seriously - if you're happy you need chocolate to help you celebrate, if you are sad you need chocolate to console yourself ...
(I hope yours is the celebratory kind of day!)
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