November 20 >>> November 26, 2004

Persistence...

One of the giant dahlias, somehow ignoring the frost reports...

11/26/2004, 0005

Any thoughts on that?

Friday 11/26/2004, 0002

Clouds can make the day...

...and the night!

11/25/2004, 2354

The Thursday Threesome...

Onesome: Christmas-- Is it Thanksgiving? ...or just the day before the start of the "Christmas Season"? (...and how are you supposed to shop if you're all stuffed with food?) Hey, is anyone going out tomorrow to save tons of money standing in endless lines with 10,000 of your closest friends? Just curious... Shelley is heading out before the sun is up and likely won't return until long after nightfall. I'll hold down the fort here and put up the outside lights...

Twosome: Bells-- Okay, we'll give in and admit that maybe the season has started: what decorations are you looking forward to seeing in the next few days? ...the lights in the downtown? How about knowing you'll soon have a tree with that memorable ornament? The Toys for Tots drop off? What makes you comfortable knowing the Christmas season is really here?Two things tend to let me know the season has arrived: yes, when the smallish town where we live puts up all the banners and lit trees in the downtown; and when Shelley gets all the inside detail ornaments up.

Threesome: are Ringing-- ...in your ears? What song are you just dreading to hear this season? Come on, the one that just makes you scrunch up inside and want to duck into an iron foundry so you can't hear it? Weird Al? Something from "The Nutcracker"? Those dogs? I mean come on, there's some bad stuff out there <g>... Well, I love "The Nutcracker", so that's cool. Hmmm... I suppose it would have to be one of those smaltzy versions of a traditional carol. Yeah, those bug me...

Hey, what are you listening to? Let us know, over on The Back Porch...