Fireworks are boring..

Fireworks! boom, boom, whatever…

Is it me or do you not find fireworks boring, too? They’re the same thing year after year. Loud noises, crackles, bright lights, red, green, blue, silver, gunpowder smoke, ash. The one and only time I was impressed was prob 20++years ago us Scotts went on my BIL’s boat to watch fireworks put on by one of the CT Indian ca$inos, prob Foxwoods, on the Thames River in New London, CT. Besides poor Molly feeding the fish her supper, it was fun. The one particular firework that yes, even I remember, was one that spelled out USA in red, white and blue with stars on either end and a circle of around all of it. Never before and not since then I have seen words spelled out in a fireworks display. #Impressive. Those Indians were raking in the do, re, mi, then. (I remember my dad saying, “they’re making so much money, they can’t even count all of it! Tax free, too!)

Us Scotts have been blessed to spend every summah since ‘96 in a little beach hamlet called Matunuck, RI. Matunuck has been (tongue-in-cheek) fondly referred to as a “small drinking community with a big beach problem.” In Matunuck, it’s as if it’s 1965 and time has stood still. Nothing fancy schmancy about it. No upper crust snotty feeling what so ever. The only thing changing lately are the prices of an ice cream cone at the Vanilla Bean and pies at Carpenters. I’m boycotting both from here on in. But I digress, back to fireworks, yes, fireworks. Illegal fireworks go off sporadically the ENTIRE summah!! I kid you not. I am so used to hearing the errant boomchickaboomboom, just kidding, more like, M80!!! M80!!! at any time of the day or night, the noise doesn’t phase me in the least anymore.
Today is Monday the 3rd, tomorrow, the actual holiday, we will climb up to the 3rd floor deck of our very fun neighbors, Matt and Mary Leyden. Their deck provides a 360 degree view. We’ve counted upwards to 17+ diff areas w/in view of people shooting off (mostly) illegal fireworks!! We get to watch everyone’s money literally going up in smoke! We critique our close neighbors’ numerous displays. One year the funniest line yelled after a semi-lame finale, from our neighbor’s daughter was, “IS THAT ALL YA GOT?!!” Omg, so funny!! Another person will ask, “Whaddah ya think that guy spent on fireworks?!!” And, yes, we pray that the wind is blowing away from us… thanking God when it is.
Gathering on their rooftop has become a tradition. Is not the 4th of July unless we’re up there all together watching fireworks. Maybe they’re not so boring after all.

Happy 4th! 🇺🇸

XO, Kate 7/3/23