Well, you wanted to know

Cold bones, shivering trunks, and hot to knot quips. Maybe not ALL you ever wanted to know, but you’ll get tired if babble or rabble doesn’t rhyme or goes on too long.

So what do people do with all those over-sized Halloween displays the rest of the year? 

Economists say people are down to bare bones spending this holiday season. Does it look like the reindeer on the left is questioning if the sleigh is big enough for the gigantic load or whether they need to have a talk with the Reindeer Union rep? (© image)

Have no fear, some enterprising entrepreneur has a solution. Holiday quick change!

Accessories for every season. Can’t wait for New Years and St. Patrick’s Day! (Will Valentines’ version feature a “You broke my heart” or “Love for eternity” theme? OK, a bit creepy, but don’t be too quick to laugh…)

We’ve possibly discovered the origin of The Green Man Legend. 

Looked up and there it was – peering in right through our window.

Emily, a comeback kid citrus tree twice frozen back to the ground over the past years, may be be rooted in the thought that winter is coming. She’s heard of Green Rooms and Green Houses – has Staff? Surely she’s earned a bit of consideration by her determined to live. 

There it is! The Green Man Legend in our backyard. Plant waving arms and looking in the window trying to get attention. (© image)

Stand tall, Emily. The thick moving blankets are at hand (even if the chill isn’t yet). Maybe a string of warming Christmas lights, too. How’s that sound to you? Hot, hot, hot?

(Oh, if you’re bored wanting to know about The Green Man legends, Here’s a short BBC Video, “The Surprising Roots of the Green Man”, with Alastair Cooke and largest collections of Green Man photography, donated by the late British botanist Kathleen Basford here.)

What’s not to relax and warm to some pithy remarks from a really old guy:

• “It doesn’t matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.” ~ Thomas Sowell
• “To say that being non-judgmental is better than being judgmental is itself a judgment, and therefore a violation of principle.” ~ Thomas Sowell
• “Doing the right thing is fun. If nothing else, it surprises people.” ~ Thomas Sowell

Onward through the fog and fonts

Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge

Three stags and a tree. 1839 Papercut. (And you thought you were good with scissors.) Are the two stags laughing at the other? What are they saying? Hmmm, maybe “Virtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to feel special and important. Some confuse that feeling with idealism.” (Sowell)  (USPD/Commons.wikimedia.org)

 

 

 

 

 

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