100 Days of Wonder – #36

It’s the weekend before bonfire night here in England. That means people setting off fireworks and they will probably continue to do so until the weekend after bonfire night. It’s infuriating. It’s noisy, polluting and our cats are terrified as will be any wildlife around. I also don’t really get it. In the world of fireworks, nothing can rival a Disney Fireworks display. All of the theme parks have spectacular fireworks and I do always enjoy them and watch them in awe. But that makes me even more grumpy about the random individual fireworks going off here, some don’t even look pretty, they just bang – what’s the point? I wonder whether fireworks should really just be phased out. I don’t know enough about it, but I very much enjoyed the drone show at Disney Paris in July 2023. It was quieter than fireworks, it didn’t fill the sky with smoke and it was playful and fun. I suspect there are all sorts of environmental considerations about energy, batteries and who knows what that I haven’t thought about and it’s not like they don’t make a noise at all… but they just seemed calmer and somehow more playful than fireworks. Maybe that’s the way to go. Grumpy Old Woman – over and out (for now).