Posted by
RepublicanEvangelist on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:39:17 PM
The fan that keeps it inflated has gone to the great beyond along with my laundry exhaust which died last month. I carefully removed the cover and then unplugged the power to avoid electrocution since it was raining and stared at the wires inside and realized I wasn't going to fix it. I just needed to let it go. We bought the snow globe three years ago before my second child when disposable income was more disposable. The box the globe lived in for eleven months a year was bigger than some European autos. This is the second Christmas lawn inflatable to go. Our first, a giant snowman (I am not sure if is Frosty but sure he is copyrighted and trademarked) stopped working last Christmas. He was given a burial in my Burbank plastic dumpster. I had a decision whether it was recyclable or not. I assumed not and acted accordingly. Now we are down to three: Christmas tree, polar bears and Homer Santa. The snow globe was everyone's favorite. Children would marvel at the spectacle of it and neighbors that I barely knew would ask if their child could touch it. I let them. That was what the globe was for, for the children. It is no more. I could put up a picture of the new yard scene but would like to remember the globe in its happier days.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32730061@N06/3054821988/
UPDATE: The crop circle of my dead lawn is all that remains of the snow globe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32730061@N06/3118588318/
Only the three remain
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32730061@N06/3117757695/