It Begins

Our neighbour took down is Halloween display this week. Here is what he was doing yesterday. Although he will unpack and add many more ornaments, he wanted to get this up before the first snow, which is supposed to be coming today.

Another neighbour was getting his lights up. In neither case did I get them on the ladder, which is what I would have preferred, but I also preferred not to linger.

Sue has pretty well transformed our interior already. You've seen the cardinal-snowy thing recently, but there are little things here and there. This one piece ↓ has been in three places already, but I think that it is going to stick here, in the downstairs hall, until Christmas. There are many other seasonal objects that I might or might not reveal over time. Some are specific to Christmas, but others are just more general winter decorations that shall be displayed longer. I imagine that the next big change will precede Valentines Day.

Last night, I took a picture from my den. Sue opines that we have the best view on the street. As I wrote earlier, it will get pretty crowded over there before too long, but this simple display is very nice, indeed.

I understand that many of my more southerly friends will think this to be rather early, but it is getting cold already, and unlike you, we don't have an intervening big holiday. Our first storm is about to hit, and it is time to begin lighting our world as the darkness descends.