A friend told me that fireworks are for kids and a waste of (public) funds. Maybe they are a waste, but I still love them. On occasion, we should take a little time to appreciate life's little luxuries. Below, last year's fireworks display during the fête nationale in Metz at the Plan d'Eau. They make me feel like a kid again.
The beginning: clear, blue sky
Au début: le ciel bleu et clair
Letting loose at the end
Liberer à la fin
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I always feel a little bit ambivalent about this, too. But - on the other hand - public funds are "wasted" for worse things than fireworks. So I try to enjoy them.
ReplyDeleteGood point! And welcome back from Paris.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Haha, me trying to catch up with everything - the only blog I managed to visit since I am back is yours, :-).
ReplyDeleteIn Mainz there is a firework every year on Johannisnacht - the cool thing is that the fireworks are lit (?) from a boat in the middle of the Rhine River. Sitting on the banks of the river, watching the fireworks with hundreds of people around you - seeing the happiness in the faces of the others, everyone staring with biiiig eyes - is this really a waste of public funds? Some half an hour of a feeling of unity and "everything is allright"?
Perhaps I am just trying to convince myself right now ;-) ...
Of all the blogs to visit, mine should probably have the lowest priority. I mostly just post junk and mindless drivel.
ReplyDeleteHey, Johannisnacht was celebrated for the first time the year I was born! Now that you've asked the question, another word for lighting fireworks fails me, so I think "lit" is a good word.
I just learned tha Gutenberg was from Mainz!
"that" not "tha"
ReplyDeleteI wish we could edit our comments.
:-) - yaa, everything is Gutenbergy around here ... university, museum, squares ...
ReplyDelete... random printing presses lying around...
ReplyDelete... raining types ...
ReplyDeleteThat could hurt!
ReplyDeleteBut that's why umbrellas were invented, n'est-ce pas?
ReplyDeleteHaha, I never remember to bring an umbrella, and when I do, it always seems to be broken!
ReplyDeleteI don't own one. I see them as weapons. Awful weapons. Umbrellas are evil! (Only purpose is as a shelter against falling types!)
ReplyDeleteMy umbrellas are harmless. They fold up into little purse-size packets and have cute puppies and kittens on them.
ReplyDeleteBut I bet it has a sharp end that pokes other people's eyes (like people who are only 1.64m ... like me ... ) .... or it bites your fingers when you open it? Or it totally falls apart when you try to open it? Or .. or ...
ReplyDeleteNo sharp end, just a round plastic button thing. I'm only 1.60m
ReplyDeleteOne day --- one day I will follow up with a witty reply ...
ReplyDeleteOh, we're supposed to be witty?!?
ReplyDeleteyou are by nature, I am with much effort :-P
ReplyDeleteIt takes a lot of effort for me to be witty, too.
ReplyDeleteThe umbrella is a often used weapon in Naruto manga!
ReplyDeleteHa, am I surreal or what?
ReplyDeleteHaha, mostly naked girls are also used as weapons in manga.
ReplyDeleteNever ever google "naked girls umbrellas" - you don't want to know!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what you got, but I got a man in his underwear holding a guitar.
ReplyDeletewhat was he holding the guitar for?
ReplyDeleteHe was holding it like he was playing it, although I don't think he actually was.
ReplyDeleteokaaaay. I got some girls undressing in the shower ... no wonder they need umbrellas.
ReplyDeleteI usually undress before I step into the shower. Maybe they were washing their clothing AND themselves at the same time ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat's clever. I will try this the next time I take a shower. Will save water and electricity.
ReplyDeleteHuii, what a wonderful photo in your profile!
That dress in my profile photo is one I hand wash. Maybe next time I'll wear it into the shower and wash it there!
ReplyDeleteNow this is a really sexy idea - and very pragmatic, too.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I own that needs handwashing is a black cashmere turtleneck (what a strange word) - I am not sure I want to go under the shower wearing that ...
Yeah, it might be a bit of a pain to peel it off without messing up the shape once it's wet.
ReplyDeleteAnd instead of being sexy and pragmatic I would look like the Swamp Thing --- the Thing that came out of the Shower ...
ReplyDeleteActually, if you managed to get it off in the shower, I think the you'd definitely have the sexy and pragmatic thing going for you. But yes, stepping out still wearing wet cashmere might seem a bit ... awkward?
ReplyDeletewet wool on skin is
ReplyDeletenothing I would like to have
thoughts of sheep in rain
Very nice haiku, Martina! Unfortunately, I am useless at composing them.
ReplyDeleteEnglish is easy
ReplyDeleteWords just adjust and go well
German is hard, though.
duuuuh. ;-)
Du bist zehr clever
ReplyDeleteMit das Gedicht in Englisch
...
Nope, can't come up with 5 more syllables, and I'm not entirely sure the 12 I have are correct!
:-) - I think German is un-haiku-able!
ReplyDeleteDu bist sehr clever
mit dem Gedicht in Englisch
Deutsch ist nix dafür.
Hehe.
I always get the
ReplyDeletecases wrong! But that was a
good save, Martina.
And now we will start writing our comments in hexameters ... (not, this is not a hexameter :-))
ReplyDeleteNoooooooooo!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletewuahhahahaaaa!
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