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The Christmas ornaments are now aging with the Valentine's Day decorations. My sweetie noticed the poor flamingo hiding in the shadows - obviously embarrassed by the never-ending holiday spirit.
If we wait all through the summer...
This house could get quite interesting.
I'm just not getting the fence poles and I am sadly disappointed by the lack of lighting
help me
Score
- Red & green garland festooned plant hanger resplendent with festive Christmas Balls: 6 points + 18 points (holiday bonus)
- Red valentine garland entwined in then entry gate leading up to a welcoming Valentines Day Heart: 2 points + 2 points (holiday bonus)
- 2 green garland covered fence posts (which is not a bad way to hide an unfinished project): 2 points + 6 points (holiday bonus)
- Another quite fetching Ball Hanger: 3 points + 3 points (holiday bonus)
- Large holiday ball in tree: 1 point + 3 points (HB)
- Green garland pole: 1 points + 3 points (HB)
- Swan (managed to ignore all the holiday fuss): 1 point
- Featherstone the Flingo Flingo who wants a new home where he is the center of the attraction: 1 point
Creativity Bonus
Not being a great fan of garland, plus the garland is not even sparkly! and where the heck are the lights... there is nothing sadder than somewhat tasteful yet lazy holiday yard artist: 1 point
Total: 53 points
In an act of extreme bravery, I expatriated Featherstone. Here is his freedom dance:
Total: 53 points
In an act of extreme bravery, I expatriated Featherstone. Here is his freedom dance:
***** Late Breaking Important News Flash***********
Tufa Girl: A drive by today. No St. Paddy's Day ornaments (Irish need not apply.) Although, I have discovered the key to keeping those holiday ornaments fresh year after year.
ah ha ha ha, sealed for freshness
Featherstone is quite the dancer! I don't blame him for being mortified out in a yard with both Christmas and Valentine's decor, especially at Easter. Poor flingo-flingo; the injustice of it all.
ReplyDeleteMorningGlory, yeah I know... I am hoping that next they will hand eggs from the tree but leave the Christmas decorations up. Tufa will need to keep checking on this one.
ReplyDeleteI heard Feather sent to Julliard for dance, but that may be a rumor.
Freedom dance? He looks like he is punishing a napkin. "bad napkin, bad, bad napkin!"
ReplyDeleteFlamingo tap dancing is an art form.
ReplyDeleteThe poor flamingo and swan; they're too afraid to move in case whoever (or whatever) mutilated the tree is still in the vicinity. The tree could use more garland. Lots more.
ReplyDeleteAnd so now we know: Karen is a garland person.
ReplyDeleteWith the entire video, I just couldn't take my eyes off of the man in the background. What was he DOING?
ReplyDeleteredgirl, it looks to me like he is cleaning up flamingo poo. Now there is a career for you.
ReplyDeleteIf court reporting doesn't work out, I'll keep it in mind. I might even be able to market it as "specialty fertilizer"
ReplyDeleteyou know, we pretty much just entertain ourselves. We should have our own radio show.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you call the voices in my head? Schizophrenia? I think not!
ReplyDeleteHey, garland has its uses. I'm just saying.
ReplyDeleteredgirl and I are not the same people. In case any of you naysayers think I talk to myself.
ReplyDeleteKaren, I bet you wear boas... big feathery ones.
OK OK... I'll admit it.... I have always wanted to wear a big feathery boa but that does not make me a garland lover (it does not)
Indeed!
ReplyDeleteFor:
Tying down a load
binding someone after you kidnap them
tetherball rope alternative
re-gifting
driving off crows and blackbirds that want to eat the fruit off your trees
reindeer lassos
points on the yard art game
I find the garland will snap if the person you are tying is angry enough or does not consent to bondage.
ReplyDeleteAs for crow flicking, it works if you don't get the sparkly kind, cuz crows kinda like the sparkles.
You have a point about crows...maybe as a lure to trap them?
ReplyDeleteas for bondage, I'm thinking there's a market for stuff that LOOKs like your gentle, everyday dollar tree garland that, when tied properly around a trim (or manly) ankle and cinched tightly will turn out to, in fact, be a garland far stronger. with like a steel cable in the middle or some such.
Is there any hope left for that poor flamingo? It's flock was probably driven away by all that Christmas cheer.
ReplyDeleteRedgirl, you need to call the family and get one of those fancy trucks outfitted for the next flamingo outing.
ReplyDeletewith garlands?
ReplyDeleteCheeseboy, I am sure the Flamigo feels your concern but they are a resilient bunch, being pink makes them pretty easy going.
ReplyDeleteTufa Girl: best late break news EVAR!!! Ha to redgirl and her family business
redgirl, uh huh, why not.
Oh, I LOVE the Ziplocked Ornament! Sadly, it is lacking garland, though.
ReplyDeleteKaren, perhaps they will protect the garland in saran wrap.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure that the person in charge of the gardening for that property is not the one hanging up the ornaments.
ReplyDeleteb-a-g an interesting theory, care to expound on it?
ReplyDeleteIf you insist ... I don't think someone who takes time to prune their trees so carefully would be wrapping garlands around their lamp-posts (not to mention outdoor use of zip-lock bags). I think there might be a Yard Artist on the loose (we haven't heard from Mom L for a while ...)
ReplyDeleteOMG, you think this is a random act of yard arting!
ReplyDeleteBut to play devil's advocate,the very person who would prune their trees so carefully would meticulously guard their Christmas ornaments from the weather with a baggy (maybe they were concerned about the frost)
We may have to look at Karen's blog a little closer for signs of garland. Or perhaps just a closet fetish?
ReplyDeleteHope those were "freezer" baggies!
ReplyDeleteOh, dear! I nearly missed the party again!!
ReplyDeleteb-a-g - I hung out in bed until time to go get my haircut! Then lots of other errands in my tiny 1-traffic light town. I looked around - nothing for me to try to capture, but I did get batteries for my camera.
That tree scares me. All chopped up like that - makes me think the saw from yesterday's house escaped and went on a rampage.
Karen - the baggies? I assume that's to keep crow sh*t off the balls so they can go back on the Christmas tree next year.
I might take Featherstone more seriously if he were wearing the totem briefs from yesterday.
Er, uh, balls to the Christmas tree THIS year!!
ReplyDeleteThat flamingo can really tap. Funny video. I do like the sealed for freshness ornament. I be that is a first.
ReplyDeleteTufa Girl, I agree, there may be more going on at Karen's besides stained glass and awesome stonework.
ReplyDeleteCindy, seesm like it would be an obvious choice for frost protection
Mom L, you were missed! Your public was looking for you. I'm not sure if they make brief small enough for Featherstone but I will look into it.
gwgt, the baggie is quite ingenious. It would keep your ornaments good as new until December. Although, usually I see Christmas balled packed away in the attic, I suppose packing them on the tree would save the home owner some effort.
heheehee...just saw the fresh ornament. It says something about the artist that they would have one thought:
ReplyDeleteI must decorate my yard for Christmas with garlands and ornaments...but sparingly. We don't want to do anything ostentatious...
and then the next thought of:
Oh! but it might rain! It is WINTER after all... I know! I'll get one of those giant ziploc baggies that I keep my pasta and each pair of shoes in (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCvzqk0E0jc) to keep them fressshhh. That will keep the glitter intact so I can still use it next year or regift it at that office gift exchange coming up. Puuure genius!
redgirl, this is clearly a genius at work. I like the re-gifting theory. The bag should keep the glitter all sparkly and safe for the upcoming new season.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, it's not like they're single-use items...and *in this economy* you can't just be throwiin' things away willy nilly
ReplyDeleteI don't participate in this game but I sure do get a kick out of the pictures. When I see a house with decorations from every season, I think of this blog!!
ReplyDeleteBonnie, that's Ok. Most people are spectators. Think of it as a pro-sport. We have the field reporters - finely tuned and highly trained by their coach (which would be me). And then the reporters have their fans, which would be you.
ReplyDeleteIt is all a win-win.
Bonnie, jump in with your comments! After all, I lurked for a while, then got brave enough to comment, and now I apparently have my own followers, and that's without being a reporter!!!
ReplyDeleteMom L, this is true. You are a major player in the game and have a huge following.
ReplyDeleteIndeed Mom L...such shenanigans! I can't remember HOW long I read (and subsequently commented for my own continuing amusement and ego purposes) before I submitted my first lawn--and it was biodegradable! At some point, you'll see a lawn of such exquisiteness that there'll be nothing doing but to submit it.
ReplyDeleteThat is when the secret center circle takes your soul and you become a slave to the Yard Art Game Society of Secretiveness.
redgirl, shhh yes there is a secret circle. Although I am sure most people know that you are part of it.
ReplyDeleteAlso redgirl, is her own celebrity and got an honorable mention the first year of the game for being such an awesome commenter.
redgirl would be our color person for the game. And let's see oh yes, eventer79 retired her number.
Hmm. I will ask my wife to start ziplocking our outdoor ornaments.
ReplyDeletescore!!!!!!!!!!!! i love the ziploc ball the most too.
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