I kept meaning to post this photo last month, so I understand that it’s a little late for Halloween to be posting it now.

Blending Holidays – A Little Late For Halloween Rat Garden

Our friend Charles had a odd and whimsical charm about him. He loved displaying surprising items that took the public by surprise. Thaddeus does too. It’s probably one of the reasons they became quick friends.

Charles had a jeweled pin that looked like a bee that he loved wearing on a suit jacket or sweater. He’d put it on his shoulder or back. When someone would try to brush it off, he’d be pleased to the point of giddy. He did a similar thing with a silk orange maple leaf pin.

One year, for halloween, Thaddeus brought him a plastic rat. The one in the feature photo today. Charles loved to display this at the top of his common stairwell in his apartment building. Especially around Halloween. Honestly, I doubt many people ever saw it. He only had two other apartments on the floor in his building, and they often went unoccupied for months at a time. But it still brought him great joy to see this rat greeting him when he came back to his home after running errands.

Now that we are the owners of this little plastic rat, Thaddeus has carried on the tradition. This happy rat greets me every time I come in or out our front door.

Like Charles’ condo, there aren’t many people that see our rat. We don’t get much activity at our front door. But it brings me, and I’m sure Thaddeus great joy to be greeted by this plastic rodent. It also reminds us daily of our dearly missed friend.

Current Knitting

I’m almost finished with the latest garter-striped scarf.

Some people prefer the “wrong” side (in my opinion).

In this case, the “wrong-side” people might actually be correct. The colors are more blended on this side, no?