From our front porch:

In case you can’t read it, “this is the exact center of the universe which explains why none of the usual rules apply here.”

Another view:

Coppertina Ninebark

Blackeyed Susans (Rudbekia  )

  Sutherland’s Gold Elderberry

  

4th of July Breakfast on the Sunny Deck

Here come real stars to fill the upper skies,
And here on earth come emulating flies,
That though they never equal stars in size,
(And they were never really stars at heart)
Achieve at times a very star-like start.
Only, of course, they can’t sustain the part.