JohnnyDisco is ready for Christmas.
Feliz Navidad from sunny southern Arizona.
The Santa hats on our side mirrors look cute, but what I really wanted to do was crawl up to the top of that huge prickly saguaro behind JohnnyDisco and stick a Santa hat on it.
Course if I attempted that little trick, my next post would be coming to you from a round room with padded walls. And I'm pretty sure our medical travel insurance does not cover 'climbing a saguaro cactus'.
It's hard to believe that Christmas is just over 2 weeks away. When you're out hiking the dusty desert, or playing tennis in +25C weather every day, you tend to lose track of cold weather holidays. The only reason I know tomorrows date (Dec 9th) is because Superior Plus (SPB.T) will be announcing their December dividend and I'm expecting a cut, so I've been keeping my eyeballs on the calender.
Most mornings before My Fella and I play tennis, I usually warm up with a 3 to 5 km walk around the neighborhood. We're in a rural area - lots of ranches, dogs and horses. And a couple days ago a really loud chicken jumped me from behind and scared the ever-lovin' beans out of me.
"SQUAAAAWWWWK!!!"
Stupid chicken.
Arizona locals have been putting up their holiday lights and decorations, which are cool to see in this desert landscape. People really like to light up their cacti :)
One of these days I'll bring my camera on my morning stroll so you can see all the Arizona style Santa Clauses draped over the prickly pears and barrel cactus. In the meantime, check out tonights pinkish purpley desert sky.
I see Shelbert managed to sneak into the last pic!
Posted by: Don | December 09, 2010 at 06:42 PM
Good eye, Mr P :)
The little devil snuck out on to the step just as I was taking the shot. Didn't even notice her 'til after the flash went off.
Posted by: kelsi | December 10, 2010 at 06:34 AM
I liked the pic with little Shelbert too. I noticed down south that some RV's (and trucks come to think of it) sometimes have wreaths on their grills. Or maybe that's just a Texas thing. :-)
Posted by: Jacq @ Single Mom Rich Mom | December 11, 2010 at 02:41 AM
jjolie - we`ve seen a few grill wreaths but more xmas lights and santa hats on rig mirrors.
When we bought the hats at the dollar store, My Fella also found a teeny little santa cape and hat for Shelbert. The Bert and I both said ``No Way`` so he was voted down, but Shelbert is nervous that he`s gonna sneak back and get it and then she`ll have to wear it `til Christmas.
Just wanted to let you know since her next pic may feature the Santa suit...
Posted by: kelsi | December 11, 2010 at 08:20 AM
Oh no, that's going TOO FAR! Where's the dignity? :-) There's a dog that runs around in our dog park with a collar that has xmas bells on it. I suppose it would be good if they were lost. Sparky goes nuts over the Christmas hats with the pom poms on top, seems to think they're a ball and should be played with. I've had to apologize to more kids...
Posted by: Jacq @ Single Mom Rich Mom | December 12, 2010 at 05:41 PM
Picturing your mutt innocently knocking over kids for their pom poms made me laugh out loud. Twice.
Does that make me a bad person?? :)
Posted by: kelsi | December 12, 2010 at 06:18 PM