seen along the way

[asakiyume]

Yesterday I was walking to the post office, and I came across one of those plushie reindeer antlers that people put on their cars as a seasonal decoration. It was lying by the side of the road.

"Either the car was a male, shedding late, or a female, shedding very early," I mused. [Reindeer antler facts here! Learn the truth behind the social media posts!]

Later I passed a small silver glint. A dime.

"Hey! Hey!" the dime called. "You're just going to walk by and leave me here, as if I were a PENNY or something? You're so rich you can't use a dime?! Well not for long, sister, not with that attitude!"

I went back and picked it up.

On the way back from the post office, I saw a perfect, long, tapered, thick orange carrot lying in the middle of someone's front lawn.

Ah, evanescence. One moment you're a snowman in the prime of life, and the next moment, you're just a carrot, waiting to be carried off by a posse of squirrels or an opportunistic deer.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Here that would suggest the remains of a snowperson! :o)

[asakiyume]

Indeed, a better term for its gender neutrality!

[sartorias]

It never occurred to me that a lone carrot would belong to a snowman. Duh! I was thinking dug up from a kitchen garden nearby, or fell out of a grocery bag.

[asakiyume]

And those are possibilities! But this was just such a perfect-for-a-snowman's-nose carrot, and right there in the middle of the lawn where a snowman would have been likely to stand. But who knows: maybe someone was playing fetch with their dog, using a carrot--that would be another possibility.

[rebeccmeister]

I keep seeing frozen (well, erstwhile frozen) bananas everywhere!

We collect all the lucky coins we encounter, and then tally them up at the end of the year. Which is today!

[asakiyume]

Huh! I wonder what the deal is with the bananas!

How much did you glean this year from your lucky coins?

[rebeccmeister]

Your question inspired me to go and actually count everything up! This year's grand total was $20.62. Enough for several cups of coffee!

[asakiyume]

Wohoo! Free coffee courtesy of the universe! Well saved!

[sovay]

"Hey! Hey!" the dime called. "You're just going to walk by and leave me here, as if I were a PENNY or something? You're so rich you can't use a dime?! Well not for long, sister, not with that attitude!"

I am glad you went back for the mouthy dime.

[asakiyume]

Sometimes the squeaky wheel has a point. (... that feels like a mixed metaphor, but)

[minoanmiss]

Bwee :)

[asakiyume]

^_^

[osprey_archer]

Dime just wants a little RESPECT.

[asakiyume]

I hear you, dime, I hear you! You're valuable, okay. Take it easy. No heart attacks.

[mallorys_camera]

I always pick up money I see lying on the ground. Even pennies. It's good luck! 😀

[asakiyume]

True! And by extension NOT picking it up is to court BAD luck.