Remember, Remember...

Here are a few pictures from a major London (Southwark Park) Fireworks display. Results are from nothing more than my surgeon-steady hands and a trusty Nikon D40 with a Nikkor SWM 55-200mm lens (though ideally, I would've liked a tripod and a remote shutter release setup).

Yes, mainstream media continues to nudge me to temper my delight with a morbid awareness of the state of the Economy, potential Eurozone melt-down, the inconvenience experienced by the pets...

Is it acceptable to just savour the noise, smoke, colours and community and perhaps justify the event as being slightly deferred, significantly upscaled Diwali celebration?