Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
... Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Bells on bob tail ring
Making spirits bright
Making spirits bright
O! What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight
A sleighing song tonight
A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And then we got upsot
Misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And then we got upsot
... Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Genius. The true meaning of that infuriating song had never dawned on me before.
ReplyDeleteBut those ICICLES!! Make sure you get plenty of shots of those. Together with the crow's wing, brrr...
Mike
They're ravens! Smallish ones, I think. Fairly friendly, evidently they will eat food from your hand if you have something that's good enough and you're patient enough.
DeleteNaturally, I thought of you and took a bunch of photos.
I will explain the icicles in a few days when I get back from a Thing. It's not as eldritch as it looks!
They will also eat your hand if you're dead enough... (e.g. you've taken a terminal tumble from your damned jingly sleigh).
DeleteMike
Wow, it's all there, isn't it? The stock market crash, the holes in the media coverage, Trump's ridiculous comb-over, and lurking everywhere that raven-clever virus. My percepts runneth over.
ReplyDeleteThese photos are so evocative of Minor White.
ReplyDeleteOur local ravens love peanuts, blanched, roasted and unsalted.
ReplyDeleteI'll be interested to see what you eventually make of this material, because the blogspot format does wretched things to it.
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