Lucked out, winter has been almost nonexistent here and I got my yard cleaned up for the spring. Now we are gonna get snow storms galore! LOL! Strange year!
Hours of daylight are starting to extend into the evening. People are inexplicably expressing delight that hours of daylight are starting to extend into the evening. And infernal Daylight Saving Time will soon prematurely jolt hours of daylight even further and faster into the evening. Which is why, even this early in the year, I start to yearn for the return of the holiday season, when the sun will again set at a decent time.
We put up our living room tree, our studio tree, and our dining tree late this year and my teddy bear village and their tree did not get set up for Christmas until after New Year’s this year.
While the other three are down the teddy bear village is still setup for Christmas (will switch it to March setup this week). We left the other 3 up late since we did not put them up until late – husband’s new for his birthday small “big screen” threw off the decorating as what we had figured out before buying it did not work as well as we though it would. So, while all of the downstairs trees have been away for a couple of weeks there are still items waiting for their trip to the basement and when I have to go down for something else – like to switch the laundry loads – another box or something goes down. Still have one big box, a light up bear, and two plush decorations which still have to go down for storage. Also have 3 “gift boxes” which have to go upstairs with their contents for storage. (Since we have at most one gift – for husband, none for me – under the tree we pack some of the decorations and Christmas bear figurines in Christmas gift looking boxes (one his sister gave us – it is velvet, the others are fancy cardboard photo storage boxes from craft store) and then put the empty boxes under the tree for Christmas so the tree does not look “naked” with only one gift under it – set dressing.
allen@home almost 2 years ago
You’re a brave man Ralph. I wouldn’t be caught dead in a store with my full grown son riding in the shopping cart.
Macushlalondra almost 2 years ago
For goodness sake, Norm! Get out of the cart! Grow up!
therese_callahan2002 almost 2 years ago
My Christmas trees are tiny, artificial desktop trees.
bdpoltergeist Premium Member almost 2 years ago
recycle / compost that tree
Inahastation(eye nuh ha station) almost 2 years ago
Great poem!
Out of the Past almost 2 years ago
Only two months ago. Seems like forever.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Lucked out, winter has been almost nonexistent here and I got my yard cleaned up for the spring. Now we are gonna get snow storms galore! LOL! Strange year!
Frank Burns Eats Worms almost 2 years ago
Poor Ralph has to wake up every day and see deadwood.
Jefano Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Hours of daylight are starting to extend into the evening. People are inexplicably expressing delight that hours of daylight are starting to extend into the evening. And infernal Daylight Saving Time will soon prematurely jolt hours of daylight even further and faster into the evening. Which is why, even this early in the year, I start to yearn for the return of the holiday season, when the sun will again set at a decent time.
cuzinron47 almost 2 years ago
He also wonders when the Christmas bills will be paid.
haasmeister almost 2 years ago
Here we take our trees to the beach where they are used to help build dunes at the state park.
ddjg almost 2 years ago
It’s alright—but could it scan better?
paullp Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Guessing he only put the tree out yesterday.
PAR85 almost 2 years ago
My neighbor’s is still out near the road.
mafastore almost 2 years ago
We put up our living room tree, our studio tree, and our dining tree late this year and my teddy bear village and their tree did not get set up for Christmas until after New Year’s this year.
While the other three are down the teddy bear village is still setup for Christmas (will switch it to March setup this week). We left the other 3 up late since we did not put them up until late – husband’s new for his birthday small “big screen” threw off the decorating as what we had figured out before buying it did not work as well as we though it would. So, while all of the downstairs trees have been away for a couple of weeks there are still items waiting for their trip to the basement and when I have to go down for something else – like to switch the laundry loads – another box or something goes down. Still have one big box, a light up bear, and two plush decorations which still have to go down for storage. Also have 3 “gift boxes” which have to go upstairs with their contents for storage. (Since we have at most one gift – for husband, none for me – under the tree we pack some of the decorations and Christmas bear figurines in Christmas gift looking boxes (one his sister gave us – it is velvet, the others are fancy cardboard photo storage boxes from craft store) and then put the empty boxes under the tree for Christmas so the tree does not look “naked” with only one gift under it – set dressing.