tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147362790530254792.post-42157543920037630632007-12-26T09:33:00.000-08:002007-12-26T15:50:54.837-08:002007-12-26T15:50:54.837-08:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>''Up on the roof their arose such a clatter, I rose from my bed to see what was the matter"</strong></span> <div><div><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Very apt words for the night Santa makes his rounds and also very apt for the night Santa Ana made rounds in Yuma. </strong></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>"And what to my wondering eyes did appear"?</strong></span><br /><br /></div><div></div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EyVM2TlPlro/R3KVgAC8STI/AAAAAAAAACI/tXKA-z1bHdg/s1600-h/Santa+visited,+Santa+Ana+that+is.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148341701038590258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EyVM2TlPlro/R3KVgAC8STI/AAAAAAAAACI/tXKA-z1bHdg/s320/Santa+visited,+Santa+Ana+that+is.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>A pall of brown dust rising a few hundred feet from the ground, flags flying at horizontal attention, the 'Arizona Room' appearing as if 'eight tiny reindeer' had partied with too much Yuletide cheer and a variety of Christmas decorations performing incredible acrobatics as they whiz past.</strong></span></div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EyVM2TlPlro/R3KUygC8SSI/AAAAAAAAACA/OtC6FEPEads/s1600-h/IMG_3024.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But glory be, the little 'poipull' Christmas tree is still standing on the trailer reach thanks to the whole role of duct tape DB used to anchor it.</span></strong> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">However a neighbour's palms didn't fare so well.</span></strong></div><br /><div></div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EyVM2TlPlro/R3KWmgC8SVI/AAAAAAAAACY/H2KabUbkKo8/s1600-h/Wind+fallout.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148342912219367762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EyVM2TlPlro/R3KWmgC8SVI/AAAAAAAAACY/H2KabUbkKo8/s320/Wind+fallout.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Ahhh, memories are made of this!</strong></span><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040305792235781850noreply@blogger.com