Saturday, a very large truck, probably exceeding the limits for our neighborhood, came down the street at about 40 mph and slammed into a tree branch. The tree was properly trimmed and exceeded the required clearance per City of Watauga code. The passenger got out and, per my request, at least got the limb out of the street. Yesterday, Stan was out with the chainsaw making the mess go away. Our street is two blocks long. It is inconvenient to go down trying to get to anywhere else. There is a through street two blocks south and another three blocks north. None of the streets in this area have speed bumps. Why these truck seem to need to come down our street is beyond me. Well, it was a rental and now the offender will get to pay damages to the rental company.
I've been pretty sick with a sinus infection that is trying to become bronchitis. Stan has been so good at taking care of me. I did go out and spot for him while he was on a ladder in the street. The twins next door brought their markers over and colored on the one very large pumpkin and three small ones remaining from our fall decorations. We hesitated to throw them away when putting up the Christmas things because they were still perfect. We sent them home with the twins.
Our new neighbor across the street has moved in and even decorated! While driving back from McDonalds late yesterday afternoon, I saw a house with nothing out except lights around the eves. They were the old-fashioned multi-colored strings. It looked so good, harking back to times before all the blow-up decorations and yard art. If we ever decide to do eve lights again, I think that's what I want.
We mostly do ground elements. We have a Christmas flag, a female elf in a ladder-back chair (chair courtesy of Shana Renz, former neighbor) an old sled (garage sale find) with a wreath and bells, one strand of blue lights across the front porch, and a Santa holding a light (another garage sale find). None of that requires use of a ladder.
I have discovered I am more able to access my blog using Explorer rather than Chrome. I'm not sure why, but today, I got an error message on Chrome and it opened right up on Explorer. I will remember that in the future.
Wishing everyone a wonderful week.
