Worth a thousand words

Rather than writing a full-fledged post today, I have two photos I want to post instead. I’ve got a topic brewing, but I haven’t had time to write it all out yet, and I haven’t quite figured out how to handle a somewhat sensitive, potentially controversial even offensive aspect of it. So it will have to wait. Enjoy the pictures in the mean time.

There are no women on the upper floor of Steve’s office, but there are men’s and women’s restrooms. This was not staged.

Second is courtesy of my brother-in-law. I’m not a big fan of Christmas lights. Seems like an enormous waste of energy for something that has absolutely nothing to do with the nominal basis for the holiday. But I really like this yard.