Today is the 25th of July
It's raining today and we are grateful for that: the 90+ degree temperatures put a wicked hurt on our front lawn while we were away!
It's about as un-Christmassy as you can possibly get right now: If you went outside in a sweater this week you just might burst into flames.
Where is all the other Christmas stuff this time of the year? Is there any mistletoe growing anywhere? (-or is it really all plastic anyway?). You can't find eggnog in the supermarket, which is a shame because a dash is really good in a cup of coffee! There are these really weird looking forests growing around here: conical pine trees growing separated in rows. It a few months the seniors among them will be somebody's Christmas trees.
This on the other hand is what a poinsettia looks like around the peak of Beach Season. It lost the foil wrapper around its pot before February, it's become a lot less red-leafed than it once was and it's gone from a Holiday Symbol to basically just another houseplant. We adopted it when its days on the altar at Church came to an end at the beginning of January. It does prove that such things DO exist after December!
Five months from now it will come back into its Season once again: I'll bring it inside before the first frost. Since it's the first we've ever had, I'm not sure how hardy it will be in freezing weather! (-ironically enough!)
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So from our house to yours, we wish you a Merry Christmas.5833!
(-try to stay hydrated!)
(-try to stay hydrated!)
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