This is the grandpa tree in the front yard. I'll explain about the name later, but if you look in the top right part of the tree ... there is a little cluster of bright red leaves. All the rest of the leaves fell off right around Halloween. It's been from the 30's to the 80's ... and there still there. The next couple of days will tell though ... as I heard today that shhhh > We're getting 3 inches of snow tomorrow. What ... snow .. are you serious. Today I had the doors and windows open since it was in the high 60's. I do love snow so ... forget the 3 inches ... how about 3 feet.
Now back to the grandpa tree. I call it that, because my dad has a tree like this in his front yard .. and I just love that tree. So .. when we moved in here and were doing the landscaping ... I told Mark, we have to have a blah blah whatever the name of the tree really is or as I call it ... the grandpa tree.
Actually dad is quite popular around the house, as we also have a grandpa light. This is the light in the kitchen that burned out ... maybe 6 months after we moved in. Tried and tried .. we couldn't figure out how to change the light bulb. (I even went to the store to have them show me how to change it) So after having it burned out for a couple of years we kind of got used to it not working.
My dad was coming down one time and I started thinking ... hmmmm I'm going to ask him to take a look at it and see if he can figure it out, since he's really good with fixing things. I did go out and buy a new globe with the last resort of busting the glass to change the bulb. And that's exactly what he had to do. I guess the house settled and made it impossible to remove the glass without breaking it. He took down the light, broke the glass, changed the bulb and put it back up. But forever and always it's called the grandpa light. The one light in the entire house that is used -only- when we need it, and is shut off as soon as were done. (to conserve the light bulb, knowing how much work it is to change)
Thanks dad .. it's still working great.
Really? Cuz whenenver I come home, I turn off all the lights that we aren't using, of course, and that one is always always on....
ReplyDeleteI guess as a last resort, we always have the Grandpa Flashlight.
Good thinking hon ... I think the grandpa flashlight is next to the grandpa clock. lol
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