Sanguine Tenacious Tidings

I LOOKED 2019 IS STILL HERE

There are 45 days remaining in the year. What do you want to do or accomplish before 2019 is over?

Quote from The Overstory by Patricia Westerford -- "It's a great idea, trees. "So, great that evolution keeps inventing it, again and again."

45DAYS?

Yesterday a meteorologist on TV reminded us it isn't winter yet. He also, said this would be a good week to put up our trees? I've been watching the news. There are a lot of advertisements about Christmas shopping. Ads encouraging people to get their shopping done early. Early Black Friday Sales as well.

I do wonder if the weather will be a lot worse than this, when winter hits on the calendar. I'm half way through with my shopping. Even, that is good for me, as some years I am not starting until after thanksgiving. But, I won't put up the tree until the day after Thanksgiving.

Our tree is 30 years old or more. I don't like the trees I see in the stores now. They are not made as well as the one I now have but, it is beginning to see better days. Last year a row of bottom limbs fell off and we just patched it back together so, I think we may have to get a new one.

I have pictures every year of the tree we now have. My 48 year old parrot, that died this summer, used to sit in the limbs during the holidays. No, it was a well trained parrot. Never left poo any where but, in the proper part of its cage.

I have pictures of piles of gifts under the tree, past pets, well remembered cats and dogs, that curled up among the gifts, because the hand crocheted tree rug was a soft place to take naps. 2019 has a lot of started projects that, won't be finished until 2020. Some things just were started too late to finish in the present cold weather.

A new tree is kind of a promise, that the new projects might get finished in the new year. Different cats will sleep under the new tree and bat at the plastic decorations on the lower limbs. I'm wondering if I can find a tree that looks as good as this one always did at a price I can afford.

Thanksgiving might be catered this year, which means I won't have to cook. . I'm sure 45 days is going to fly by. Other than that, I think I'll just keep moving on odds and ends projects and see how the rest of the year goes. Grandma always said, "Don't wish your life away."

Turkey Day is on it's way .