{"id":2414,"date":"2023-07-08T17:18:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T22:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2023-07-08T17:23:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T22:23:33","slug":"the-fourth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/the-fourth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fourth!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This little town does a great 4th of July parade. Expect the unexpected! No horses this year &#8212; maybe us Saddle Sisters will ride next year. Meanwhile a group of us sat out on the front porch of the Main Street shop and drank Wanda&#8217;s very good lemonade and waved at everybody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1356-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1356-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2415\" width=\"315\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1356-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1356-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1356-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1356-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1356-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1356-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1372-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1372-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2416\" width=\"467\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1372-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1372-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1372-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1372-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1372-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1372-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m having trouble getting all the pictures sized just right, it&#8217;s a pain but I guess I&#8217;ll figure it out sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1375-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1375-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2417\" width=\"473\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1375-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1375-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1375-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1375-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1375-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1375-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The big truck is the water well drilling people, it was the biggest truck in the parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there was a dedication of a monument to the veterans of the Sabinal Valley; Diane Causey worked very hard to raise money for it and Linda Weber, who wrote <em>Finding Utopia<\/em> about a murder here in the 1920&#8217;s, dedicated all she made from her book&#8217;s launch here. It was wonderful of her to do that and it&#8217;s a fascinating book. So many people contributed that Diane and the Sabinal Museum people had enough left over to invite the town of Sabinal&#8217;s high school marching band to come and play. They did the National anthem plus the armed services medley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1410-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1410-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2418\" width=\"501\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1410-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1410-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1410-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1410-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1410-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1410-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1411-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1411-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2419\" width=\"339\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1411-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1411-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1411-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1411-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1411-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1411-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m embarrassed to say I forget this man&#8217;s name but he is a combat veteran and spoke for the dedication, as well as the Church of Christ minister. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1402-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1402-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2420\" width=\"347\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1402-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1402-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1402-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1402-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1402-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-1402-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Such great kids from the Sabinal marching band. May you ever live in peace and security and never have to go to war, no not ever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-3669.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-3669-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2423\" width=\"293\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-3669-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-3669-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-3669-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-3669-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-3669.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This little town does a great 4th of July parade. Expect the unexpected! No horses this year &#8212; maybe us Saddle Sisters will ride next year. Meanwhile a group of us sat out on the front porch of the Main Street shop and drank Wanda&#8217;s very good lemonade and waved at everybody. I&#8217;m having trouble [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424,"href":"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions\/2424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulettejiles.com\/pj_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}