Christmas continued… (of course)
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Alameda street scenes continue to be dominated by holiday displays, and once again, residents have stepped up to make the streets festive with a bunch of canine-themed yard scenes.
This week’s report includes two videos of all the holiday decorations I checked out this week. In covering Alameda’s Christmas Tree Lane [2], (which is actually Thompson Avenue for you Google Maps folks,) I again decided to use daytime images of the scenes to be able to see more of the details.
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Of course, not all the displays lend themselves to a daytime visit, like this deflated gingerbread person. LOL! This same video also covers the yard of my good friend [4] Tucker [5] and his neighbor’s yard over on Morton Street, which also had some fun canine decor.
My second video this week is a collection of all the other holiday decorations I found, including a trip to City Hall, the Fernside area, South Shore Shopping Center, Harbor Bay, and the West End of our lovely island.
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I was overjoyed to find the Halloween skeleton repurposed as a seasonally appropriate Santa Claus, and even more so to find my hero Snoopy appearing as a cookie jar on someone’s stoop.
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While holiday decorations were front and center during my reporting this week, life did go on in other aspects. Early in the week, we experienced a lot of rain and wind, which contributed to a large street tree on Central Avenue splitting. Thursday morning was really cold and unusually foggy, too.
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With all the moisture, a few fungi popped up.
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In a very unusual, out of character move, my HC bought me a raincoat! I guess he got tired of all the water that I shake off once I get into the house… or maybe it’s the aroma of wet dog? However, it would seem he is dimensionally impaired, because the first coat was a bit short in the rear end department. Fortunately, he got it right with the reorder.
By the way, does anyone want a free raincoat? It would fit a smaller midsize canine, i.e. smaller than me. Free to a needy pooch, just email my HC at [email protected] [11].
Next week, I will visit Charlotte’s yard [12] again.
Saturday was the Winter Solstice, which means it was the shortest day of the year. I am looking forward to the longer days, starting now.
Thanks as always for reading my reports. I am heading into the kitchen to get this week’s Advent Calendar [13] treat. As my HC says,
“Happy HoliDAZE”
Mouf, Roving Reporter
Bear’s-Eye View of Alameda
Mouf and his human companion can be reached via [email protected] [11]. Their stories are collected at AlamedaPost.com/Jeff-Cambra/ [14]. All photos and videos by Jeff Cambra.