Saturday 12 November 2011

The Residues of Bonfire Night

There seemed to be fewer fireworks hereabouts, and I didn't find the usual bits of rocket scattered around the garden, and it wasn't until I put washing out to dry this morning that I noticed the soot on the washing line.

I always wipe the washing line with a damp kitchen towel before pegging out my washing. Usually that leaves just faint stripes of grime on the towel; today the stripes were thick and black.

Oddly enough, no such effect was noticeable when I wiped the line on Sunday 6th, so the black stuff must have been floating around for a while before it settled, giving it time to accumulate in the lungs of innocent non-users of fireworks.

No comments :