Above: The downfall of America? (I'm not a fan of blow-up stuff in yards.)
Blaze: "How are we going to solve the problem of 42 candles?"
We had a wonderful celebration of Francisco. I stayed home. We started with homemade brunch. Then, The Conclave. Then for dinner, lemon chicken (first time, loved the sauce), mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts (had no idea there was an "s" on the end of brussel), cake and presents. A happy day.
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Happy birthday, Francisco! Was the lemon chicken a Smitten Kitchen recipe? And I agree about the inflatables behind dreadful. They also seem to be weirdly addictive--I never see a yard with just one.
No--this one: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/4117-chicken-breasts-with-lemon.
Ha--interesting observation!
Inflatables are ok if have just one in an otherwise light-centric display. But it's true that people who try one seem to conclude that its effect can be multiplied if you just multiply the inflatables. But, what is worse - inflatables or projection light displays? A race to the bottom.
I love over-the-top lights. But yeah, not too into projection lights. But also I so rarely go out after dark, so I never see them.
Happy Birthday, Francisco!
(How was The Conclave?)
Inflatables are bad primarily because they are lazy. Nothing about Christmas decorations should be lazy. (That doesn't mean they need to be hard or complicated; they just actually need to be a positive action, I think.) As the carol goes: "Trim the hearth, and set the table," my friends, "Love, the guest, is on the way!" So do something don't just plug something in.
(Also them seem to have very little to do with Christmas at all, most of the time.) (I make one exception for one I saw over thanksgiving week of an inflatable turkey sitting on top of an inflatable Santa, holding a sign that says "It's my turn, buddy.")
Oh we loved it. Ralph Fiennes is great. The shots are beautiful. The old/new juxtaposition fascinating. Politics and religion! The ending is interesting. But not everyone would like it...
Ha. Plug something in! I obviously don't know enough about the logistics of inflatables!
Only related in the most tangential of ways: Our neighbor still has an actual car and gravestone in his yard, which was a "decoration" for Halloween. (I think they just wanted somewhere to park this car that they don't actually drive. A yard car! In the middle of town. On a very small yard that is very close to our house. I need to imbibe more Eliot--"to care and not to care."
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