Recent rain helped bring these little flowers up!

The Last Full Moon of 2020:

From my senior friend who loves jokes: Interesting thoughts about the past year:

1. The dumbest thing I ever bought was a 2020 planner.

2. I was so bored I called Jake from State Farm just to talk to someone. He asked me what I was wearing.

3. 2019: Stay away from negative people. — 2020: Stay away from positive people.

4. The world has turned upside down. Old folks are sneaking out of the house and their kids are yelling at them to stay indoors!

5. This morning I saw a neighbor talking to her dog. It was obvious she thought her dog understood her. I went into my house and told my cat. We laughed a lot.

6. Every few days try your jeans on just to make sure they fit. Pajamas will have you believe all is well in the kingdom.

7. Does anyone know if we can take showers yet or should we just keep washing our hands?

8. This virus has done what no woman has been able to do. Cancel sports, shut down all bars and keep men at home!

9. I never thought the comment, “I wouldn’t touch him/her with a 6-foot pole” would become a national policy, but here we are!

10. I need to practice social distancing from the refrigerator.

11. I hope the weather is good tomorrow for my trip to the Backyard. I’m getting tired of the Living Room.

12. Appropriate analogy. "The curve is flattening so we can start lifting restrictions now” is like saying “The parachute has slowed our rate of descent, so we can take it off now.”

13. Never in a million years could I have imagined I would go up to a bank teller wearing a mask and asking for money.

14. The spread of COVID-19 is based on 2 things:
A. How dense the population is,
B. How dense the population is.

15. I will stay up late this New Year’s Eve. Not to see 2021 come in, but to be sure this year leaves!

Almost Full...

***Merry Christmas to my friends on DU!***

From me and my precious husband, Lionel Mandrake:

The Contest Winners Thread is up in GD! Have a look.

***The Winners of the Seasonal Photo Contest: Autumn***

First Place: Waterfall by Pobeka



Second Place: Native vs. Transplants by urbanhermit



Third Place: Ready for the Harvest by edhopper

The Pier at Christmas: two studies from last night.

John Adams said this, and I think it's worth remembering.

***Here's the Final Thread for the Seasonal December contest: Autumn***

Thanks for all the great entries!

Please keep it kicked!

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