Belfast, Derry, and many places throughout Northern Ireland celebrate Halloween in big ways. Most schools are closed for the week, and teachers used last week to have family conferences; many children had a week of half-days last week, as well.
My housemate and I can hear and see fireworks in multiple neighborhoods. Some are so bright, they light up the skies and we can see the outlines of homes, cars, and people moving about. Multiple explosions sound like rapid gun fire, and truthfully, it’s hard not to make that connection.
In one area of Northwest Belfast, there is huge bonfire going. Even without binoculars, it looks as if a pile of American telephone poles has been set ablaze.
With Brexit on hold, tomorrow should be like any other day in our neck of the woods; I wonder what clean-up may or may not look like.
Brooklyn to Belfast 
Now this sounds like fun! Hope Phryne didn’t get too traumatized…
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She slept through most of it once she figured out it wasn’t too close… when the cows get moved from one field to another though…. look out!
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I loved the bonfires so much as a kid. We used to go door to door and ask for old broken chairs, baskets, brooms, anything they were willing to give us to throw on the fire, great fun.
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I think for most of our families the bonfires are fun – very festive. Unfortunately, one of our mums got jumped on her way home from one and was beat up pretty badly. She had her 4 kids with her, too – the oldest was 8, and the youngest was under a year. I’ll admit to some mixed feelings about them.
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