Fireworks

The city decided it couldn't enforce the fireworks ban so it bowed to reality and made selling fireworks in the city legal (and taxed - gawd I love common sense ; -).

The local display (all of the neighbors on the block) was no bigger or more sumptuous than in years past, but they were not breaking the law (with the exception of a few M80s you could hear down by the creek).

At one point last night the eastern horizon was lit up by flashes for a good five minutes. It's as if they started the siege of Moscow all over again. ; -)