Yesterday we packed up all the figures for another year. Sandy asked me how we keep thugs from damaging the figures. First of all the figures not on porches are secured with heavy chains and locks. That is one of my jobs-I am keeper of the keys. We have been lucky over the years and have had few problems. We do find trash on them that we clean up daily. When we were packing up Micky we found a male birth control item on his shoe!
ICK!! What we did not notice until I was posting this picture was that someone had attached 2
pine cones and a stick to the front of his pants! I sure hope I don't forget to make sure that comes off before next year!
The next figure is "Amazing Grace"! A few years ago she was kidnapped after she had been packed up and unchained. She was waiting for the truck to pick her up when she was nabbed. There was much publicity and she was spotted in a trailer park in a nearby town. Some of the ladies launched a rescue mission-aided by law enforcement- and she was recovered. She once was lost but now is found, so she got her name!
This is Mother Nature- she is high
maintenance!
This is my friend's house. It was being painted and due to the weather they could not get it done in time. So he added an elf painting company to his display.
They say things happen in 3s! Earlier this month the wash machine bit the dust. The repairman said that it would cost more to fix it than to buy a new one.....
Next went my car battery.... and this week...my glasses. Note the very classy packing tape that I am now sporting! Eli chewed the plastic ear thing when he was a puppy. One of his rare destructive acts. It finally fell off last year. Then the whole arm fell off this week.... Merry Christmas to me!!!!
I have felt a little more crafty this weekend. Girlville sent me an elf in need of surgery and I already had one on my table. So I had an Extreme Elf makeover today. The checked one got a new hat and collar. Girlville's Elf got feet and arms plus some old chenille for trim. They are both good for another 30 years of Christmas!
And then I broke my rule and put some glass balls on this tree. It is in my sewing room which is the forbidden zone for a certain Evil Kitten!
Lulu took what she wanted - a Cat Mitten toy!
Eli sniffed out some delicious Cranberry-Applesauce treats. They smelled good enough for humans!
I just have not been very crafty this Christmas! I usually make some gifts, do some paper 
This house has Rhett, Scarlett and Bonnie Blue- I know they are Civil War not Victorian - but those are just nicknames! Many of the figures have clothing made of old drapes and Scarlett had green drapes so the name fit!
