DECEMBER 28

December 28th 2017

Thursday is donut day.

I headed over for Dad's

First day back at Valleyview.

I got his room all cleaned up

And we delivered Martin

His Boston cream before lunch.

I headed off to do some banking,

Only to find out,

The computer gets boxing day 

As a holiday too.

Our paycheque 

Will be coming one day late!

Then it was off 

To get some measurements

For the restaurant 

I have been asked to decorate

For New Year's Eve.

I spent a couple hours after

Gathering the decor I needed.

As you may know 

or may not know,

Christmas for me,

Did not happen in any way

That made John  or I feel

The spirit as we once did.

A lovely decision was made

On Christmas Eve

By the two of us.

OUR Christmas will be 

Our holiday open house 

on January 21st this year.

And so, that makes today

December 1st!

John helped me

Decorate the white dining room

Crystal and silver tree...

That tree has been up and lit

Since November.

Just needed ornaments.

Last night we got the garland 

on the living room tree.

It gets the Heritage ornaments.

We also found 

The palm tree decorations!

They are all Hallmark.

We decided together,

That change or illness

Would not stop us 

From having the christmas

We wanted,

Even if we had to wait 

3 more weeks to do it.

History of Fireworks 

Fireworks, or rather gunpowder, are most likely to have originated in China some 2,000 years ago. Some say that fireworks were discovered by accident by a Chinese cook who happened to mix charcoal, sulphur and saltpeter. 

The Chinese named this black powder "huo yao" ("Fire Chemical") and developed it further. When the mixture was inserted into the hollow of a bamboo stick and thrown into a fire, the gases produced a bang. The basic fire cracker was born.

From that point forward, fire crackers played an essential part in Chinese festivities -weddings, religious rituals -any cause for celebration heard their bang due to the belief that they were thought to be powerful enough to scare off evil spirits.  Chinese New Year is a particularly popular event that is celebrated with firecrackers to usher in the new year free of the evil spirits.  To this day, the simple firecracker is still the most common type of firework in China.

Some sources suggest that fireworks may have originated in India, but there is sufficient published evidence to strongly suggest otherwise.

Good night from John Street