The Year in Pictures: July | Aug.

Harry Christensen repainted the awning of his convenience-store building in July, in preparation for the opening of Harry’s Corner Store.
Julian Yenne geared up with his patriotic bike and dog at the town’s Freedom Festival parade on the Fourth of July.
In July, Audra Lovett rolled pizza dough with help from Jackie Salvino at the Longboat Key Garden Club’s grand finale for the pizza garden it sponsored at Just for Girls Inc., in Bradenton.
Bruce and Jan Ely and Lee and Margie McGriff embraced during a beachside vows-renewal ceremony in August, at Casa del Mar.
Onlookers watched Dick and Elaine Williams dig out and count loggerhead turtle eggs from a nest in August.
Longbeach Village residents Jim and Susan Pressly put out a sign in July asking for prayers for their 20-month-old granddaughter, Libby Claire McGarity, who was injured when she fell from a loft in their home. The Presslys received a warning from the town about the sign.
Ciarra Buff, Natasha Nieckoski, Bradd Buff and Ella Coney-Jones are all smiles after their first day of the new school year in August.