I'm not sure if New Year's Eve fireworks celebrate the passing of the old year or the advent of the new year. Maybe both? Or maybe people just like fireworks and need an excuse. I tend to like to look back, and so for me I'd say they celebrate the passing of the year. So goodbye 2022.
This year Kodiak was very stormy on New Year's Eve and so we delayed our fireworks celebration until 2023 had already been around for a day and 2022 was long gone. So welcome 2023.
As usual a bunch of people came over, I lit a fire in the fire pit, and we shot fireworks off from my lawn out over Mill Bay. Quite dramatic with the sparklers, smoke, noise and big explosions. One of the favorite was the big lantern balloon (see immediately below) that once lit floats up into the sky and up up and away.
At the same time as we are lighting off fireworks everyone around the bay is also lighting off fireworks. The whole bay is lit up and smoky. It always reminds me of that scene in Apocolypse Now where the USO entertainers show up.
The next morning I had to dust off the fireworks debris from the roof of my car.
Patrick
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