This tree was probably far less creepy before it lost its eye in a freak windstorm.
I'm guessing that this neighbor has lost his/her patience with our city's snowplow drivers and has built this shield for mailbox protection. So attractive.
Only nine more shopping months before Christmas!
Because we seriously do not have enough real, live deer eating our plants in this neighborhood.
I love the tree man whose missing half his face!! I still can't get over how lush everything is in your neck of the woods...looks beautiful there!
ReplyDeleteWow. . . Uh, interesting neighborhood you live in, Cocotte. . . ;)
ReplyDeleteI know a guy whose solution to the snowplow-mailbox problem involved a 16-foot I-beam, and a 55-gallon drum filled with concrete. . .
And listen, the wrapping paper on the windows is probably just so no-one can see their bong. . .
We don't do much exterior Christmas-decorating - just a string of lights around our porch. But we're not real good about takin' 'em down; Molly told me I had to get 'em down before Lent, tho. . .
lol, another fine set. i think if i were you i'd be tempted to go put an eye patch on that tree. it screams, "arg mateys!" to me.
ReplyDeleteHey a watch-tree, sweet! Must make everyone feel much safer ....
ReplyDeleteJody - I guess it's all about perspective - I think everything looks barren right now!
ReplyDeleteDesmond - I noticed a lot of people in the "fancy" neighborhoods put up brick barriers around their mailboxes, and the city tried to outlaw them. But yeah, the wrapping paper in the windows is totally bizarre. It must be pitch black in that house.
Lime - The tree reminds me of something, but I'm not sure what - Wizard of Oz or 1970's McDonald's commercials with the Hamburglar?
Xavier - To be fair, the tree, deer and cowboy/Mary are all in the same yard. You should see the decor they put out in the summer.
"the tree, deer and cowboy/Mary are all in the same yard."
ReplyDeleteThat explains a lot.
And now, you're gonna owe us a 'summer decor' photo spread. . .
I'm not sure that tree could be any less creepy, regardless of the eye count. It's just plain creepy.
ReplyDeleteThe tree is, truly, creepy. Also creepy is the wrapping paper still up in the windows of that house. Oh, if I lived in that house...well...I'd not be happy, that's about all I can say about that!
ReplyDeleteLast July, I was leaving my inlaw's house when I turned the corner in their neighborhood and was greeted by a house in full blaze with outdoor Christmas lights and lawn ornaments, all done up in a very non-ironic, "We're just lazy" kind of way. I literally squealed my tires backing up to get a photo of it, which didn't turn out great, but was still necessary to show everyone I knew!
Maybe they are cooking crack behind the tinfoil covered windows?
ReplyDeleteAnd here I though the mailbox shield was to protect their box from the cars of rowdy, drunken 'merican teens driving around with shotguns, blasting holes in it's side. Least that's what all the movies show...
ReplyDeleteYour neighborhood just gets curiouser and curiouser, Cocotte. :)
And I'm with everyone else, I'd be walking a wide circle around that tree at night. eeek.
Des - I'll try to snap a few shots over at that house this summer. Also, they have this gorgeous pear tree and they NEVER pick any of the fruit. Strange old folks.
ReplyDeleteCitizen - I know! And it just stands there, overlooking the sidewalk.
FADKOG - LOL at the Xmas in July display. I'd like to see that and so would my kids.
Laggin - I often wonder...they also have a boat in the yard and a pickup truck that's never driven. I have my theory on some of our neighbors.....
Flutter - I've never seen mailboxes that have bullet holes, but I've seen plenty that have been destroyed by smoke bombs and pumpkins in my day.
LOL, these are HILARIOUS!
ReplyDeleteWhat's with the xmas paper on the windows??? That one perplexes me. lol
That totally looks like where I live. Fake deer and all.
ReplyDeleteFake deer? Seriously? What kind of neighbors do you have? No, seriously....
ReplyDeleteLB - I guess they thought it looked so good, they didn't want to take it down?
ReplyDeleteMama - And to think, neither of us live in West by god Virginia!
Mike - Well, those folks are old; I'm assuming original owners from the late 60's when their house was probably built. Their grandkids need to clue them in. Honestly, we have 6 real deer that live in our backyard. It's ridiculous to see fake ones.