bombas

some days, from our little home in colorado, i am taken back to our delightful visit to antigua, guatemala last summer. we were told very soon into our time there that we should not worry when we heard the sound of a shotgun going off...even though the army was everywhere, carrying huge, illegal in the states guns..and even though they used to go around killing citizens for no reason at all. for that sound that sounded like shotguns going off was not actually that, it was just "bombas" aka fireworks. the people of guatemala apparently love these things, even though they really aren't all that exciting at all. in fact, they are super annoying. they don't light up like most of the fireworks we shoot off here, but just make a terribly loud noise. imagine a bottle-rocket, a hundred times louder. people would shoot these off all through the night and in the early hours of the morning. they shot them to celebrate everything-holidays, birthdays, weddings, a good grade at school, etc etc etc. i think some people even shot them just to make their neighbors wonder what they good news was! the noise always took me by surprise, and to tell you the truth, i was a little thankful to leave that part behind....
little did i know that there are some people who enjoyed fireworks just as much right here in littleton, colorado! the funny thing is, fireworks are illegal to shoot off here right now because it is so dry...but that has yet to stop my neighbors. every evening, they shoot off a handful for whatever reason. maybe they got a deal of the day on fireworks, maybe they are celebrating someone's birthday, or maybe they are just crazy. whatever the reason, fireworks abound. it is rare, however, to see the fireworks-you just hear them... just like in guatemala. ohhhh the bombas!
by the way, i made some absolutely delicious muffins tonight. here is a picture of ryan enjoying one (of the three that he had :)): (the recipe is on my recipe blog)