We have a leafless Crepe Myrtle in our front yard, that my wife festoons with a few garlands and ornaments every Christmas season. It always looks pathetic, so she calls it our Charlie Brown Christmas tree. But this year she’s renamed it in honor of the coronavirus, and calls it our Covid tree.
Its scraggly, pathetic appearance seems symbolic of the kind of year everyone’s had. Jim Borden, at Borden’s Blather, has pestered me into posting a photo of it. So here it is, Jim. And I’ve even gone a step further, and composed a little poem.
O Covid tree, O Covid tree,
How scraggly are thy branches,
O Covid tree, O Covid tree,
You’re like a Dirty Sanchez.
You messed up all our summertime,
When we have fun, we commit a crime,
O Covid tree, O Covid tree,
How scraggly are thy branches.
Categories: coronavirus
Chasing Unicorns 
Tis the gummints that have done this – so…
Remember Remember the twenty-fifth of December, gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why taking down the corrupt government should ever be forgot.
― (modified version) Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
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And before you tell me that violence is not the answer – don’t worry, the original scenario didn’t work out very well in 1605 and wouldn’t work out in 2020 either.
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I just mind my business and do whatever I want to do, to the maximum extent that’s safely possible.
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Amen.
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Sure why not. Let’s take down the corrupt government and replace it with another corrupt government. That’ll show ’em.
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Why would you want to do that?
Well shoot – never mind…
We just went through yet another election here. The voters wanted another slithering snake to sit in the oval office and one is what they got.
*** So sure, I see your point. (sigh)
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It’s Political Science 101.
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I learned political science back in high school biting for student council reps…
Yep – always gonna be someone behind the scenes pulling the strings and pushing the buttons.
So I’ve stayed clear
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Good idea, staying clear. It’s a game you can’t win, unless you’re on the take.
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Let’s not…
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Well done, TG!
Merry Ho Ho to you,
Deb
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Thanks Deb. And Merry Ho-Ho’s to you too.
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Merry Covid tree. You need some snow.
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Sorry, but due to current tariffs we’re not able to import snow from your country.
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I’ll send it free.
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Sorry but it didn’t pass USDA inspection. It’s too cold.
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Dammit
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Oh gosh! Whaf a poet! 😉 I like the tree!
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Thanks. Maybe I should enter my poem in a contest.
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Hmmmm…..! Yes, go ahead. 🙂
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No, no, no, no, no…
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With the Dirty Sanchez line…no, no, no, no, no…
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It is a little disgusting, I’ll admit.
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Ick.
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I’m just hoping none of ours fall on the house. My version…
O leaning tree, O leaning tree,
How fragile are thy branches,
O leaning tree, O leaning tree,
Beneath we take our chances.
Drop needles on our dry roof-line,
When you are done, combustion time,
O leaning tree, O leaning tree,
Crash down upon our ashes.
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That’s a good one. I’ve seen a lot of homes in the mountains, surrounded by leaning trees. It makes me shudder. I hate to say, because I’m sure you love your home, but I think it’s no wonder so many houses burn in the mountains when we have forest fires.
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Thanks. $11,000 fine around here to take them down without a permit. And if you’re going to need a crane, might cost that much anyway. Insignificant to the billionaires who clear-cut the shorelines, but it keeps us local riffraff in line. Downwind mostly from the lake, more likely to get smashed than BBQ’d. Have to see if I can find a story from my old days at another site.
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Must be nice to be a billionaire. Cut a tree, cut a check.
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Rule the world…
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Goodness. I don’t know whether laugh or be horrified.
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Haha 😀 Funny poem! But poor tree… Tippy poking fun of it when it can’t defend itself 😂
It looks beautiful. Your wife did a great job in my opinion 🙂
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And very very happy Christmas to you. I hope you’re smiling as much as you’re making us smile.
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Thank you. I try to keep smiling, and as long as you’re smiling, my smiling comes easier.
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Smooth as butter! 😆😂
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What do you mean, it can’t defend itself? That tree has scratched me when I’ve tried to trim it.
My wife is very talented at artistic things. Not me. But maybe I’m good at making fun of her artistic things, through poetry.
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“Making fun” through poetry? Yes, I believe I can agree, (through personal experience) about that talent of yours! 😛
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You should feel blessed to be around such talent.
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It fills me with such awe, that it makes me speechless lots of times !
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I have an idea. When speechless, just smack your head.
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😶🤚
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That’s it.
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😂😂😂
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Meanie head.
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Loss for words…yep.
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“We’re not worthy. We’re not worthy.”
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That’s the idea.
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Good one! LOL!
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See. Trying to defend itself…
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Try staying still when someone tries to trim your hair without your permission. I bet you’d at least push them. The tree got its right to scratch 😂
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I guess it does. But I fight dirty. I wear gloves.
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Just for the record, I’m on the tree’s side 😂
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Pfft.
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🤨 😏 😛
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Yeah! Yeah! Poor, defenseless tree…
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THAT is a Crepe Myrtle???
What a poem…facepalm
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I think so, but what do I know about botany? I know it’s beautiful during the spring and summer.
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It doesn’t have the bark or branches of the Crepe Myrtles I’ve seen. Is it some form of desert Crepe?
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Must be. It was a gift from my wife’s aunt, many years ago. We assume it’s a crepe myrtle, but who knows just what it is, anyway?
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Does it look like this:
https://www.sungardensinc.com/Shrubs/Crape-Myrtle.html
They can be shrub-like but, I’m used to the BIG trees. Does its bark exfoliate?
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I dunno. I haven’t paid attention. But it has beautiful bark, so it must follow some sort of exfoliation beauty tip.
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LOL!
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