tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post8129421749450399608..comments2024-01-24T11:41:28.022+00:00Comments on A Cuban In London: Urban DiaryA Cuban In Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-64473588685140281702013-11-13T03:40:46.096+00:002013-11-13T03:40:46.096+00:00i so miss this i so miss this chow and chatterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04225995063075911644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-4244169535566496272013-11-09T20:06:54.653+00:002013-11-09T20:06:54.653+00:00I love it. However, somehow this year -for the fir...I love it. However, somehow this year -for the first time ever- I missed it all! I'll have to make up for it next year.<br /><br />Our cats hate it and much as this distresses me I'm still all for "bonfire night" (I know it's contradictory but then some things are - life's like a Rubik's Cube with 7 colours on it and all that). There's nothing wrong with celebrating life and, actually, we don't do enough of it in the UK! Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-42579337262253933202013-11-09T17:28:06.939+00:002013-11-09T17:28:06.939+00:00I love the fireworks in London image!
Guy Fawkes!...I love the fireworks in London image! <br />Guy Fawkes! That seems so long ago when I was a child in England!<br />Thank you for your visit and comments to reflections and nature!<br />Greetings from Switzerland.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015603838340372502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-3973564200973046892013-11-09T14:51:17.764+00:002013-11-09T14:51:17.764+00:00As a child, I found the lead-up to Guy Fawkes nigh...As a child, I found the lead-up to Guy Fawkes night almost unbearable...the anticipation and excitement.<br />These days, though, fireworks begin going off at least a week before, and continue for at least another week after...so the magic is lost.<br />After having said that, my inner child still can't help feeling that same thrill when I see those gorgeous colours rising up into the night sky!<br />I have always tried not to think of the significance behind this particular celebration...that poor man burned to death...:(Ygrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300519608303898969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-73673845958141222492013-11-08T22:23:09.026+00:002013-11-08T22:23:09.026+00:00Fireworks lighting up the fog is a really beautifu...Fireworks lighting up the fog is a really beautiful image. <br />I know of Guy Fawkes but I did not know that Halloween was in any way celebrated in London. That seems like toooo many nights of fireworks in a row! Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-48366184262586876352013-11-08T21:37:47.154+00:002013-11-08T21:37:47.154+00:00Fireworks - seems an appropriate way to celebrate ...Fireworks - seems an appropriate way to celebrate someone's attempt to blow something (or someone) up. <br /><br />Our Halloween is not what it used to be either. Thanks for your continuing comments on my blog :)Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-50937703415681126252013-11-08T18:15:05.693+00:002013-11-08T18:15:05.693+00:00I love fireworks. :)I love fireworks. :)NatureFootstephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01340635075481959029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-49300865672421593022013-11-08T09:53:07.319+00:002013-11-08T09:53:07.319+00:00Oh, Guy Fawkes night is not what it used to be, sa...Oh, Guy Fawkes night is not what it used to be, sadly. Insurance worries, believe it or not. Miserable and killjoy!!Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-75322906036330565752013-11-08T07:11:18.529+00:002013-11-08T07:11:18.529+00:00One of the more interesting things to life and liv...One of the more interesting things to life and living, I think (well, sort of think), are the celebrated events unique to a particular country. Obviously, other than students of history, no one in the U.S. has heard of Guy Fawkes.<br /><br />I have mixed feelings about fireworks, but I enjoy "holidays" which actually have historical relevance, as opposed to those designed largely for commercial gain. <br /><br />No matter how old I grow or how wise I become, a part of me will always be an anarchist, so I will lift a glass to celebrate the audacity of Mr. Fawkes while others commemorate his demise.Fram Actualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540773153894050197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-45637524612864193452013-11-08T06:38:24.252+00:002013-11-08T06:38:24.252+00:00oh i love fireworks...can i join you at the kitche...oh i love fireworks...can i join you at the kitchen window for a bit..? smilesClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-10235199564363101872013-11-08T04:10:41.811+00:002013-11-08T04:10:41.811+00:00Oh, how I miss Guy Fawkes' Night. I used to go...Oh, how I miss Guy Fawkes' Night. I used to go to the big parade in Lewes! <br /><br />Lovely descriptive writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-28192489021837408302013-11-07T22:21:47.039+00:002013-11-07T22:21:47.039+00:00Thanks for your kind comments. I thin that people ...Thanks for your kind comments. I thin that people have lost interest in Guy Fawkes night. Usually fireworks start a week before. This time even our borough's firework display took place on a weeknight, Tuesday. It usually takes place at weekends.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-9897425863792067482013-11-07T21:44:25.749+00:002013-11-07T21:44:25.749+00:00smiles...i am intrigued by the guy story you know....smiles...i am intrigued by the guy story you know...would be interesting to see how this is interpretted in the celebrations...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-1121918109549057312013-11-07T20:57:58.857+00:002013-11-07T20:57:58.857+00:00Can't say many of them thrill me now a days, a...Can't say many of them thrill me now a days, and then they just pollute and scare animals, so hmmmPat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-75030194774654726222013-11-07T19:08:38.953+00:002013-11-07T19:08:38.953+00:00I am always in two (at least) minds about fire wor...I am always in two (at least) minds about fire works. My inner child loves them, and oohs and ahhs. I worry about animals who are often distressed by them.<br />And I suspect the reason for them is usually obscured by the bling and the bang...<br />I loved this post though. And no animals were distressed by its making...Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-49310542248887119562013-11-07T18:09:22.663+00:002013-11-07T18:09:22.663+00:00Only a year?
It took me decades to get into the mo...Only a year?<br />It took me decades to get into the mood for the Christmas onslaught here in the States.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-88924822511654659552013-11-07T02:55:25.158+00:002013-11-07T02:55:25.158+00:00You paint a lovely image. I wonder how many people...You paint a lovely image. I wonder how many people who shoot off those fireworks for Guy Fawkes Day understand the meaning behind them. I'll a lot of them just enjoy the show.<br /><br />Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.com