A sad end to our 4th of July

My fourth of July started off at the crack of dawn.  Why is it that on work days I could just sleep forever and on my days off I am naturally awake at 4:45....so frustrating.  I take an exercise class at 5:30a.m. three days per week and I was really looking forward to sleeping late but I was up, so i put my early rising to good use and made a festive cherry pie for our 4th of July cookout/Banana's birthday dinner.

It was a fun night visiting with our family and celebrating Banana's birthday but very hot.  We ended the night with sparklers and some firecrackers which is what brings us to the sad ending.  Our little Pepper boy was scared by the firecrackers and ran off and we have still not found him.  I looked and looked before bed.  I put a cushion on the deck in hope that he would come home during the night and just sleep there.  I have put flyers in all the mailboxes in our neighborhood, called the SPCA, notice in the newspaper and flyers in the local pizza shop....nothing.  We are starting to loose hope. 

WE MISS YOU PEPPER BOY!