Saturday, December 16, 2006

Xmas in the Park

12-17-06 SHORT HILLS: The weather continues to be warm. The Alps are having the warmest season in over 1000 years, according to today’s NYT.

In NJ the grass is green, and the only flowers are a few confused forsythia and a couple brown hydrangea. In San José it was in the sixtys during the day and the deciduous trees are just now unloading. I noticed some maples in good color. However, the roses are in bloom as are daffodils and countless other flowers. Evergreen trees are covered with shiny colored balls of citrus fruit.

Downtown we all went to “Christmas in the Park” with Santa, rides, carnival food, many decorated trees, all the seasonal symbols, an ice skating rink and fake snow periodically gusting from lamp posts. These mini snow storms were the biggest hit with Joey.

The St. Leo the Great pageant was enormously enhanced by the presence of Eoin the star sheep. He is the first sheep on the left. Some of the other kinders are donkeys or cows. You can tell form the head gear.


evergreen tree with decorative colored balls.


snow lover.


rose paraders.


star sheep commander--first on the left.

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