I'M GUESSING Y'ALL DID'NT MISS ME?

Been down with the epatoozies which is why I didn't blog this week.  The epatoozies, in case you don't know, is what we Southerners  call something that's ailing us but we don't know what it is.  We also have a country song titled " How can I miss you if you won't go away?"

I heard on the news that the South was hit hard by a winter storm that dumped 8 inches of snow on Alabama, George, Tennessee and the Carolinas.  You know they can't deal with that.  Everything shuts down.

Meanwhile I'm thinking that 32 degrees is a virtual heatwave so I venture outside for a stroll, which I hadn't done in a while because its been frigid.

Guess what I found?  Christmas isn't over yet.  Here's the evidence.

Maybe the inside Christmas trees have been put away, but not the outside ones.

And if you ever have a dead tree, don't throw it away.  Look at how nice these look :

These orange/yellow trees are quite dead and were planted in a bucket of cement then buried in the ground.  They are being used to draw attention to the vacant lot for sale.   Brilliant marketing, eh ?  I know a gardener that sprays all her dead trees a bright blue and they look quite stunning .