25 October 2008

what the...

We ran some errands at a local mega-mall today. As we were leaving one of the outlying stores, we turned the corner and were nearly knocked down by the sight of this ginormous Christmas tree on the plaza. *Rant on* Um, excuse me, dear sirs, IT'S STILL OCTOBER! The leaves haven't even finished changing colors yet! Let me enjoy a little smidgen of fall!*Rant off* I was awed, however, by the sheer size of the thing (hugemongous would also be an adequate descriptor) and my nerdy engineer mind wished I could have witnessed it being assembled/flown into place.

For scale, Josh is approximately 6' tall.
(Madeline is the little brown and pink thing squatting
next to the tree, trying to detach ornaments from it.)