Blowing & Drifting

Forecast: Significant blowing and drifting, with the possibility of heavy accumulation in rural areas.

Yule Be Compost Soon

We took down our Christmas tree this evening. Actually Shannon, Julia, and our friend Tricia removed the ornaments yesterday, and tonight I removed and packed away the trunk and branches of our Pinus fakus in the giant box in which it came from KMart.

That box is now back on a high shelf in the garage. In this, our "tree" is experiencing a different fate from the trees of many Northfielders. On street corners all over town, you'll find big heaps of trees not wrapped in trash bags, not put out next to garbage bins, not even necessarily left near anyone's driveway - just thrown in big green-and-brown piles. It looks like the town has been colonized by ugly shrubs which can only grow near curb cuts.

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