November first and Mr. Bill announces, "fifty five more days to Christmas!" This will be our fourth holiday season in Florida, time, now traveling at warp speed. I believe he was getting around to the conversation, "three years ago we were packing up the moving truck, saying goodbye amidst tears, laughter, chaos and uncertainty." Memories still haunt me, can't find everything yet. Our home in Baltic was chocked full, but I knew where everything was. We still joke and say, "shouldn't of left that in Connecticut, didn't think we would have a need for that....or as a very good friend once said...."oh my, we won't be needing this anymore!"
Today I made a trip to the local Walmart, sounds rather idiotic considering there are about five of them within a fifteen mile radius of our home. So, which is local? Regardless, yesterday the garden center area, was all about Halloween, top to bottom, every available spot was devoted to goblins, ghouls, pumpkins and everything you always wanted or didn't really need to make your Halloween ":special!" Today there are a half dozen shelves, filled and overfilled with Halloween bargains...buy for next year. For God sake it's like December 26th just the wrong holiday. What happened to the cornucopias, little pilgrims, overstuffed decorative turkeys and all the other stuff associated with the next major holiday that comes in twenty something more days, before the big one in just fifty five days. What are all these ramblings about?...Mr. Bill eagerly asks. I was scouring the bargain aisle at the "local" Walmart, looking for some Fall decorations for the next major holiday, Thanksgiving of course, lamenting that had I been more proactive and foreseen the future, I would have packed up all the pretty Fall decorations we had at Fred's News. Now they are mere dust collectors, lying in box, unused, probably never to be seen again by those that appreciate their beauty. I know, buy new ones...nah, not the same. They were unique, pretty and made many friends and acquaintances, happy. Besides, the ones on sale today at 50-75% off, still cost more than the extra special ones, purchased for Fred's brand spanking NEW!!! What irks the most, they are no longer appreciated or their value understood and have probably been incinerated or chewed on by mice.
Walmart had decorations for the holiday in fifty five days.....did you know that pink is the color of some Christmas trees? Dear God, silver, ugly as it is, just happens to be beautiful compared to a PINK Christmas tree! If I go there tomorrow and there is a PINK flamingo, I am going to really be pissed off!!! Ironically, Floridians love their holiday season, going above and beyond re-creating what the northern climates experience naturally. After having just heard the weather forecast for the upcoming weekend, forty degrees is being forecasted as the overnight lows. I really didn't want to be reminded of Connecticut in that particular fashion.
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