{"id":13079,"date":"2020-12-21T09:35:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T15:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=13079"},"modified":"2020-12-21T09:35:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T15:35:48","slug":"our-world-getting-read-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=13079","title":{"rendered":"Our World – Getting Read for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On Sunday, while participating in cleanup effort at Tulsa’s Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness I found a Christmas tree in the park. I consider it a form of graffiti. Not that it is bad but that is kind of what it is. I kind of like it actually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also found a couple bird houses that look like they have been there for some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A couple week ago I found another Christmas on the mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is what the tree looked like last year. There is at least one other tree based on what I see on my instagram feed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also found a nandina shrub. Nandina is of course not native to Oklahoma. Turkey Mountain back in the day had farms, ranches, homes, lots of oil wells, illegal liquor stills and a bunch of outlaws. There are a few places where one can see remnants of its past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cleanup was successful. About 45 people showed and picked up a ton of trash, trimmed trails, and picked up the remnants of at least two abandoned homeless camps. One of which had been occupied off and on since the 1980’s. This was the first cleanup we had since February. We took pains to ensure a covid safe situation. A local news station came out and covered the event. I can’t embed their report but you can check the link here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In other news, my brother Bob is continuing from his illness that started over a year ago. He is transitioning from Long Term Care to Assisted Living. I’m really proud of him. He has worked hard. This former marathon runner is starting to walk and insists he is going to race again one day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the house, our cats are really into the Christmas Spirit. LJ loves napping in the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lizzie loves the bed spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My wife has put here snowmen out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And other things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a lot to be grateful for. We had a little scare. One of our painters came down with Covid and so we had to go get tested and we are all clear. Pending getting a test and then the results, we quarantined probably for a total of sixty hours. Drove me flat crazy I have to say. We sure didn’t want to expose anybody else though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope everybody is enjoying the Christmas season. In these darker times one has to look for the joy maybe a little harder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am linking with Our World Tuesday.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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