Easter For Christmas

 A big new trend this year seems to be decorating for Christmas with all pink. Count me in! I snapped these photos in only one store ( T.J. Maxx). But pink is everywhere! I have done some myself, which I will be posting at some point. What about you? 

New Mural

 There is a new winter mural in town. We happened to pass it today.

I think it's cute, and really like it. Can you guess where it is?

On the McDonald's wall! If you look at the background in the middle photo, you can barely see their dollar menu on the wall inside.

Ginkos 2024

 The Ginkos were in bloom awhile ago. We came across this one that had dropped it's leaves all over a car under it.

Here are some other pretty ones around town.

You can tell Ginko trees because their leaves look like little fans. The memory drug Ginko Biloba is made from the dried leaves.

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     They are living fossils, having survived the Jurrasic period and existing unchanged for 270 million years. This makes it the oldest tree on earth, a living link to the dinosaurs. This is a Ginko leaf fossil from millions of years ago!

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• ·       They can grow for thousands of years. There is one in China that is 3,500 years old.
• ·       Four Ginkos survived the Hiroshima bombing. They were charred, but still live today.
• ·       You can tell them by their fan shaped leaves. Ginkos have no relatives, they are one of a kind.

Coffee & A Beaver

 When we were out this evening, we saw the blackest clouds! 

We were at Starbucks, and I figured there would be no chance to snap the full Beaver Moon.

But then it started to come out of the clouds.

Water On The brain

 There are a lot of snow globes in the stores now. A LOT. Like shelves and shelves of them!

But I saw one that really takes it to another level. A soldier with a water globe on his HEAD! He must have one doozy of a headache. One of the weirder Christmas decorations I have seen so far.

“Snow globes remind us that sometimes the smallest things can bring the greatest joy.”

Sensational Cemetery

 A couple weeks ago, our local cemetery was looking so splendid in fall colors. We drove in to take closer looks.

The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can't come out and those outside don't want to get in.

Arthur Brisbane

Fall Things 2024

 It's just about time to decorate for Christmas. I have shown you my fall kitchen things, but not the living room. I have had over 50 years to decorate, so I have a lot of stuff!

"Autumn...the year's last, loveliest smile."

— John Howard Bryant