I am back from Bonfire Night, or Guy Fawkes Night, which I care little about usually. I spend it at home more often than none, but my wife convinced me to go (mainly because it was held at the school where she works). And I was surprised to enjoy myself quite a lot. Fireworks were late and it was short, but maybe when it happens in midweek, it is the way to do it. Anyway, what I love most about Bonfire Night is not the fireworks, but actually the bonfire. I LOVE bonfires, the smell of fire in the November night. Simply priceless. It makes me enjoy November, which is not small feast. There was one disappointment: I usually have Roasted Nuts on Guy Fawkes Night, which is one of my favourite beers down this side of the world. Sadly, they had already sold out when I went. So instead, I settled for mulled wine. My first mulled wine of the year. So not all was lost.
almost every night now i build a fire in my fire pit, open all my doors and windows and smell the smoke and feel the cool air...heaven!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like fun actually, I would have enjoyed something like that! As I too love me a bonfire. We actually had one at our Pumpkin Carving Party this year and the smell in the cold air is the BEST! Now to get me smores and mulled cider....yummy!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE bonfires, and I wouldn't say 'no' to some muled wine :) (though we make it way sweeter in Sweden). But it's hilarious that the villain of the story is they guy who gets the day named after him!
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