Last night was Guy Fawkes Night or bonfire night. We didn't do anything to celebrate. No bonfire, no fireworks, nuthin.
Today during his lunch break, The Man of the Place discovered that there were many places selling discounted fireworks. He came home at the end of the day with an entire bin liner (trash bag) full of fireworks!! 
I put the above photo of the firework bounty to taunt my nephews Sam and Joe and their father Jay. The firework shop in Carlisle is still open. I haven't seen El Diablo in the window for a while, but I am sure that something just as explosive exists. He tried to get ones that are sparkly rather than loud. George and I don't like the loud ones. I'm sure that our dog, Polly wouldn't like them either.
I put the above photo of the firework bounty to taunt my nephews Sam and Joe and their father Jay. The firework shop in Carlisle is still open. I haven't seen El Diablo in the window for a while, but I am sure that something just as explosive exists. He tried to get ones that are sparkly rather than loud. George and I don't like the loud ones. I'm sure that our dog, Polly wouldn't like them either.
Star drawn in the air with a sparkler.
We lit one fountain and a packet of sparklers. We'll set the rest off later.
9 comments:
Fireworks can be a lot of fun. They are illegal here where I lived except for around the 4th of July. For those days it sounds like downtown Baghdad.
Waahoooo! Looks like such great fun!
What an interesting piece of history Peggy with regard to the origin of the event. Thanks for pointing to that link.
I adore fireworks. As a kid we use to have sparklers available...not so anymore...they're illegal just as most fireworks are now. I try to get my yearly fix by going to one of the displays in our area on the 4th of July. They are pretty amazing. Nice post Peggy.
In Indiana they legalized fireworks last year just in time for Independence Day. In fact some say part of the voter backlash yesterday was due to this. Love the pictures!
I love the sparkler pictures! I always try to capture those moments and they turn out a bright blurry mess :).
Hi, I am visiting form Susan's Slice of Life. I prefer sparkly colorful fireworks to loud too.
Sal - have fun in the Outer Banks
Jay - don't you just love partial
bans on things - keep the laws fuzzy!
Susan - it was fun!
Alan G - you're welcome - I am now actually interested in history though as a younger person I had NO interest at all.
Joy - even sparkelers are illegal? No fair!
Gawilli - fireworks are great if you're not a dog - thanks for the compliment!
Tink - keep trying!
mjd - welcome to my blog. Its nice to see you here! I think its only boys that like to make a bunch of noise instead of having all the sparkly prettiness.
Hey, I love that top photo! Quite spooky, looks lie someone has fire goggles! h
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